Spencer and Rob pushing the wheelbarrow
Spencer has been quite helpful lately. The last couple weeks we have spent a fair amount of time getting ready for winter. We took out the garden about a week ago, and this past weekend I raked a bunch of leaves, and winterized the swamp cooler. Spencer likes to try out whatever tool I am [...]
Spencer on a toy horse, Dave, Clare, and mountains
On the last day of the reunion, we took a tour of the Elkhorn Lodge in Estes Park. It is one of the oldest lodges in Estes Park. It was a very interesting mixture of new old, with several large buildings as well as some smaller cabins. They still rent out many of them. After [...]
Spencer also likes playing with the big fuzzy bear at the cabin
In addition to hiking and touring Rocky Mountain National Park, we spent much of the reunion just hanging out in the beautiful cabins that Ellen rented. Here are some more photos from around theh cabins at Aspen Brook.
We hiked to Adams Falls near Grand Lake
Since we were staying right near Rocky Mountain National Park, we had the chance to do some hiking at the recent reunion. Jenny and Thad did some long hikes, but we only did a few short hikes since Spencer had to nap in the middle of the day. On Monday and Friday we hiked a [...]
From left: Michelle, Nick, Eva, Mike, Spencer, Rob and Clare
For Independence day this year we went camping with friends. We ended up getting hailed on, but we managed to have a good time anyways. We got all the best parts of camping done: fire, rice & beans, and s’mores. The campsite we had was not very level, so we kept sliding downhill in our [...]
