Lesson on "loosing fear of heights" by JB

Notice Raven's rear stuck to the side of the mountain.

He can fly!!

This looks so much more dangerous than it was or maybe it is that it was much more dangerous than this picture reveals . . . . .

"The King" Tells All

We found this fortune teller in Canon City, CO. Raven & Luke were happy to hear what Elvis had to tell them . . . . see for yourself.

Victor, Co - Old Gold Mining Town

At the end of Gold Camp Road is the old mining town of Victor, CO. They have a handmade broom shop there that back in 2005 I purchased a medium hand broom from and they are still there hand-making brooms. The town itself does not seem to be doing very well. More buildings boarded up than the last time we were there.

They have plenty of these old mining carts around town, some with flowers, some with rocks, this one with a Luke.

Luke is learning about the Gold Rush in school right now, so he really found all of the old mines and equipment really interesting.

This tire is from a 3100 ton truck and it cost $25,000. wow. It is really big. If you are interested in a little bit of the business of mining gold currently, check out this site. CC&V is the mining company in the Cripple Creek and Victor area now.

The kids would have climbed around on this tire for a long time had we let them and we would have have 150 pictures of it. Each time they were at the top they wanted a pic snapped! :)

More Gold Camp Road

There was an abundance of wild rasberries along Gold Camp Road as well as some of the other back country roads we took. Sweet, tart and tasty. I took a picture just in case JB had to rush me to the hospital.
We found the "Mutha Ship" - oh wait - that's the Mutha Earthship!

Gold Camp Road

We took Gold Camp Road form CO Springs to Victor. We ran into what we might call hail, but it was more like snow balls, but not really sleet. Good road, not difficult at all. Pretty sites.

Colorado Springs Red White and Brave Parade

Garden of the Gods

Balanced Rock

National Parks

Back to School Frontier City Fun

Sunday after church was a great time for us to visit Frontier City.
We had not been there in a very long time & the kids got passes from the reading program at the library this summer. I love this pic of them in the log ride. We have one much like this from years ago at Six Flags.
Raven was quite serious at the start of all of the roll-a-coaster rides, but she decided that she likes the lasso ride because it doesn't have a loop.
The Ferris wheel is always a hit for our family!
Luke was marching ahead to the rapids when we stopped for this photo.

Going Down & Disk Golf

I love this view of Red River on the way down. It is such a nice little town you can see the whole thing from the lifts.

JB & Ben took the lift up a few more times than the rest of us and rode their bikes back down.
The dad's invested in Frisbee disks for golf. This was a course right up their alley.

Red River Ski Lift - Going Up!

Raven rode up with Daddy.
Luke rode up with me.
We all enjoyed a time at the top.
Raven, Luke & Delia had a snack and watched the squirrels (more critters that are not afraid of humans!!)

Forest Road off High Road to Taos

We found a beautiful spot to take a rest from 4WDing. There was an open gently sloping meadow to one side and great boulders to play and climb on the other.

This pic doesn't tell the 1/2 of it!
Yeah - 9mph was about average for this part of the trek. It was great fun and just what the FJ was made for.