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Family Day Trip

By Michaelinz
It has been months since we have gotten out of the house for a full day. It felt so good to "see" the world once again. The blue skies, the green trees, and the chirping birds were what we needed!


We started the day by packing the car with our lunches, jackets, and masks. By 9am we were out the door headed for Rye, Colorado. Here we saw Bishop Castle. We climbed many stairs, many which were made of stone and some made of metal too. The higher we went, the more wobbly the stairs—yes, it was a little scary, but we ALL were brave. It was fun watching you guys get so excited about all the hidden areas that you could go into. Nothing was off limits.

Hand Sculpture
Best Kids Ever!
Best
Fun Large Chair
Top of the Castle



First set of stairs that we climbed!
  
Wobbly Bridge - Scary!


After walking around this very unique castle, we found a lovely lake called Lake Isabel and ate our lunch right on the water. We watched a fire helicopter pick up water from the lake many times and carry it over to a small brush fire near by. We saw many small fish in the lake and that was a lot of fun. Cooper, you even spotted a small gardner snake slither into the water. Did you know that they can dive under water? We watched this small snake dive under water, and we never saw it come back up. You guys asked when we were coming back to fish this lake as we were leaving. You loved being there.

 




On our way home, we stopped by the Fire Fighter Memorial in Colorado Springs to see the beautiful display. Cooper, you have been very interested in 9/11, recently, and today you got to see the names of all the firefighters who died in the line of duty on that day. 





Next, we went to Bass Pro shop because we wanted to take some time to walk around and maybe see a boat or two. This is always a fun shop to see no matter what.

What a fun day! Reagan said it best, "It feels so good to be in the world again without a mask." Many of the places we went today allowed for us to be mask free. This was just what our family needed, we were getting a little tired of being in the house.

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