Colorado Mini-vacation

 Since we drove out to support Rich for his marathon, we decided to take full advantage and stay an extra day to see some sites! 

Our first site was the obvious must...Pikes Peak! Although we chose to drive up it instead of running up it like some crazy people I know, lol!

Pikes Peak

The drive was so scary!

We got to the top and took our classic and mandatory Pikes Peak family picture.

Unfortunately there was a ton of construction at the top so there really wasn't anywhere to see the good views. It was kind of anticlimactic.

The kids got a kick out of this sign on our drive up to the top.

Molly Kathleen Mine

This was unexpectedly pretty awesome. 

I wasn't sure if Eva would enjoy it because it's a tour with a lot of talking but she really loved it. I think her favorite part was picking out rocks in the gift shop.

They warned us when we were buying our tickets that we wouldn't be able to socially distance but I don't think we quite expected this in the mine elevator...

Off we went on our tour!

The kids loved this tour and now they can say they've been in a gold mine.

Afterwards we decided to drive through this mining town called Victor. It wasn't anything exciting or special until Rich spotted a grassy field. He just HAD to stop and insisted that everyone get out and enjoy the grassy field. I tried to stay in the car but nope, he made me get out. This is one of those things I absolutely love about him. He makes the simplest things an adventure. This is what he wanted to do in that field the day after his marathon.

After our little Victor stop we moved on to our next site.

Garden of the Gods

As we were driving back from the mine we could see a huge storm coming. We made it to Garden of the Gods just before the storm hit.

We literally had about 5 minutes before the wind picked up pretty intensely and then another 10 minutes before the wind hit.

It was a super short stay but it was beautiful.

That was where our Colorado adventures ended but on our way home we stopped by one more place!

Cadillac Ranch

It happened to be on our way home so we had to stop.

 

I can't say that this whole COVID 19 situation hasn't worn on us, it has. We had to cancel our big Spring Break trip in March and haven't hardly left the house since. This little family trip was exactly what we needed. Was it different? Yes! We had to wear masks everywhere we went and were extra cautious with sanitizing but it was still incredibly fun to adventure as a family.