{"id":447,"date":"2010-08-12T03:14:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T03:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/08\/our-delightful-long-weekend-in-colorado.html"},"modified":"2010-08-12T03:14:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-12T03:14:00","slug":"our-delightful-long-weekend-in-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/08\/our-delightful-long-weekend-in-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Delightful Long Weekend in Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello friends!  We just got home from our long weekend in Colorado!  I’ll summarize our trip in the next few blog posts, but in short, we had a really good time!  The day in Denver with Adam, Rose and Brad’s wedding, our day in Golden, and 2 days in Rocky Mountain National Park were all tons of fun!!!<\/p>\n

Here are a few “teaser” pictures (to steal from fellow blogger Bengela’s example<\/a> from a recent — more exciting — trip she took).<\/p>\n

Dave got a birthday trip to Caboose Hobbies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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From 2010 08 06 Denver Trip & Stoor Wedding<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Our college friend Adam met us in Denver and showed us around.  LOVE his “Skywalker Ranch” t-shirt: <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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From 2010 08 06 Denver Trip & Stoor Wedding<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

We had a great time at Rose and Brad’s wedding at Buckley AFB and their delightful reception — Paris-themed, of course! <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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From 2010 08 06 Denver Trip & Stoor Wedding<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Who’da thunk Jacob was such a great dancer??<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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From 2010 08 06 Denver Trip & Stoor Wedding<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The Colorado Railroad Museum<\/a> was a good time…here’s Dave explaining the difference between standard gauge and narrow gauge, and how the track they were on was “dual gauge”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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From 2010 08 08 Colorado RR Museum<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The boys had a good time at the Coors Brewery Tour<\/a> (even the little ones!): <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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From 2010 08 08 Coors Brewery Tour<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

And Mom learned how NOT to pay $20 for a 5×7 family shot in front of a green screen by using her iPhone camera (shhhhhhh!):<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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From 2010 08 08 Coors Brewery Tour<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Our stay in Estes Park was at the YMCA of the Rockies<\/a> — an amazing family-friendly resort! <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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From 2010 08 08 Coors Brewery Tour<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

We did two half-day hikes in Rocky Mountain National Park<\/a>, the boys are such troopers and seemed enthralled with the rugged mountains and the plants and animals around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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From 2010 08 09 Rocky Mtn Natl Park Day 1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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From 2010 08 09 Rocky Mtn Natl Park Day 1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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From 2010 08 09 Rocky Mtn Natl Park Day 1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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From 2010 08 09 Rocky Mtn Natl Park Day 1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Yep, that’s SNOW behind Timmy! We took the park’s Trail Ridge Road<\/a> from Estes Park west to the Continental Divide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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From 2010 08 09 Rocky Mtn Natl Park Day 1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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From 2010 08 09 Rocky Mtn Natl Park Day 1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello friends!  We just got home from our long weekend in Colorado!  I’ll summarize our trip in the next few blog posts, but in short, we had a really good time!  The day in Denver with Adam, Rose and Brad’s wedding, our day in Golden, and 2 days in Rocky Mountain National Park were all … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[100,14,37,38],"class_list":["post-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-colorado","tag-friends","tag-travel","tag-vacation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t