Colorado: Day 3 – Death Becomes Her

Monday, July 16th: Yes, I thought death was surely knocking on my door today...and I was getting to where I was more than willing to open that door. My legs and thighs were burning and my throat was beyond parched. I kept thinking, "why is this so hard?" it should not be this difficult. I…

Colorado: Day 2 – Adventure

Sunday, July 15th: Surprisingly enough, morning came and we found ourselves, oddly, feeling quite rested. We did not need to utilize our later check-out. In fact, we were up showered and ready to go right at normal checkout. For breakfast we stopped at this AMAZING little place called "Sharky's". Lil' Man loved his pancake...it looked like…

Colorado 2012: Day 1 – Let’s Go!

Saturday, July 14th: Well... Day 1 of vacation has officially commenced as of 4:30 p.m. and we are happily/anxiously on our way to Colorado! The car is loaded down with a variety of fruit and snacks (including "the perfect" cookies), pillows and blankets are tucked in the back seat, and hopefully all the clothes and…