Colorado Vacation - Part 3

We woke up Friday morning to a yummy breakfast - it's much easier to get 6 kids fed at your house than getting everyone ready to go out and find something to eat!!!

Then we wrode the gondolas up to Peak 8 in Breckenridge. The kids LOVED this!!

We took a look around at the Fun Park to see what we wanted to come back and do later, grabbed some lunch on the top of the mountain, and then it was nap time for our kiddos after a ride down the gondolas!

After our steak supper we took a scenic drive up Boreas Pass.

This used to be an old railroad trail; they have taken the tracks out and you can drive your car, bike, or walk it if you want.

Everything I read online acted like it was an easy drive. It was a little narrow and crazy at times but not too bad. Although we did spot this car that didn't fare so well down the side of the mountain!!! Yikes!!!!

It was a very pretty drive with awesome views. And cool temperatures. It was getting close to dark so we spotted some wildlife too!! Addyson and Braden told us they were looking for hippos and monkeys; I don't think they spotted any of those! But we did see several deer!

We stopped at one place to play for a while. Ryan started a contest to throw rocks at some dead tree stumps. Of course all the boys (big and little) joined in!

Braden loved picking up rocks and throwing them too! And playing outside when it was under 90 degrees is always fun!!!! Something we hadn't seen much of back home!!

We opened all the car windows and took in the fresh, cool mountain air as we enjoyed the scenery on the drive down. This was one of my favorite parts of the trip - I love seeing all the beautiful scenery God made for us and showing the kids.

We ended the day with a mean game of Farkle!!