We just got home from an amazing week in Colorado! Once again, we visited Pagosa Springs for Fall Break and were so happy to have Ally and Matt and Staci join us. We hiked, laughed, hiked, browsed, hiked, ate, hiked, and just marvelled at the majesty of God. We did two new hikes this year and really fell in love with one of them. (The other one... well... it almost killed us.) ha ha ha And in the sapce of a few hours, we went from glorious Fall color to a blizzard and loved every minute of it. Here a few pictures of our trip... If you have never been to Pagosa Springs, you are missing out on taking a jaunt into heaven. :) Just sayin'.
We visited the Fox Fire Winery and did wine tasting!!!
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| Andie, Staci and Ally wine tasting |
From the Four Mile Falls hike...
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| This is actually a tree stump up close... |
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| Four Mile Falls |
We drove through the old Pagosa Junction ghost town... beautiful fall colors and old buildings... wow.
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| Ally taking pictures |
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| Staci taking pictures (of Ally) |
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| weathered railroad tie |
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| water tower |
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| water tower |
We did our annual trek to Piedra Falls... a special family favorite since the first time we ever went to these falls, Kaylee was with us.
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| Shaun, barefoot in the river that had ICE |
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| Staci |
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| gnarly root |
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| Cody |
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| Cody |
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| Shaun |
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Exodus 20:24..."Build altars in the places where I remind you who I am, and I will come and bless you there."
So every year, we come to Piedra Falls and I stack rocks in an altar,
thanking God for the blessing of having Kaylee in my life. |
The beautiful Piedra Trail hike...
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| Lee |
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| brothers |
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| Cody, Shaun and Lee |
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| Matt and Ally |
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| Ally |
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| Matt |
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| Lee |
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| Evidence of beavers! |
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| Staci and Ally, photographers down to their souls |
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| this tree split in half and fell both ways |
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| lunch |
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| Shaun takes a break |
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| blue lichen |
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the cow that crossed the road three times in front of us... :)
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We took a drive up to Quartz Meadow where Ally and Matt got married exactly two years before. On the way up, the weather was cold and overcast. After we reached the meadow, snow began to fall and pretty soon we were in a blizzard (and LOVING IT)! :) As we passed the corral at the Silver Falls trailhead, we met up with some hunters getting their horses ready and took some photos...
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| Hunter |
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| aspens hugging a pine |
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| Here comes the snow |
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| a very happy Ally |
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| Staci and Andie (and snowflake photobombing) |
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| Ally, Andie and Staci and more photobombing snowflakes |
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| Andie and Lee and yes, more snowflakes |
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| Happy Colorado Girl in the snow :) |
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| Staci loves the snow |
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| Look! Ally's car is covered in SNOW!!! |
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| Ally and Staci |
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| Aspen leaf in the snow on the windshield |
A first time for us, we hiked up Reservoir Hill in town. Beautiful colors and a funny graffiti find...
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| Lee and Matt |
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| Ryan! |
And then, just toodling about town...
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| I really want this place to have Tshirts... |
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When we were picking up our Search and Rescue cards, we saw these and cracked up.
The mountain lion is totally docile looking while the prairie dog is particularly vicious... ha ha ha |
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| sunset outside the condo |
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| Flannel Tramp |
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| Cody and his hunk of snow |
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| Bazinga Friday!!! |
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