Well, we know that today isn't officially the first day of Fall, but nonetheless, today we decided to get out and enjoy the nice Fall weather. We got up early.... (OK, let's define early in the Fulkerson household on a Saturday morning - anytime before 10am) and headed up to Woodland Park and stopped at our favorite spot, The Donut Mill. Mmmmmm!!!! After that, we drove all over some of the best places in Colorado to see the aspen trees change. We stopped here, we stopped there, we took lots of pictures, and basically enjoyed our time together and our day out. Fall up in the mountains here in Colorado is quite beautiful. The trees were turning such a bright yellow color (and sometimes orange and red) that it hurt your eyes! (Yes, of all the days, the clouds decided to come out, so we have a lot of "not so bright" pictures.... bummer.)
Mid-day we stopped and had a picnic by a river.......
Just after we picked up from our picnic and got in the car and got going again, we hit a HUGE rain and hail storm. The hail piled up over an inch deep!
Can you believe it? Crazy...... (We also encountered a rude gas station attendant in Conifer, CO. But that's another story for another time.) Anyhow, after we drove everywhere that we could possibly think of to see the changing aspens, we headed over to Evergreen, CO. (We think that we'll come back in the Winter to go ice skating out on the lake.)
After looking around that fun little city, we finally headed over to Highlands Ranch, CO to an open house for one of our friends. We spent a good hour and a half there looking around their beautiful home and eating some amazing food before we decided that we were really tired and needed to get home. On our way home we took a few other scenic routes, and saw some other parts of Colorado that we had never seen before. Just before our exit to get off, Dad Kelly pipes up from the backseat and says, "wanna go to Saltgrass to get some coffee and dessert?" We were all still chock-full from the open house, but we decided that coffee sounded good. And plus, we all missed seeing Brian, so the vote ended up being a "yes." Now we're home. It's been a long fun day, but it's time for bed and we both have early morning obligations at church.
Mid-day we stopped and had a picnic by a river.......
Just after we picked up from our picnic and got in the car and got going again, we hit a HUGE rain and hail storm. The hail piled up over an inch deep!
Can you believe it? Crazy...... (We also encountered a rude gas station attendant in Conifer, CO. But that's another story for another time.) Anyhow, after we drove everywhere that we could possibly think of to see the changing aspens, we headed over to Evergreen, CO. (We think that we'll come back in the Winter to go ice skating out on the lake.)
After looking around that fun little city, we finally headed over to Highlands Ranch, CO to an open house for one of our friends. We spent a good hour and a half there looking around their beautiful home and eating some amazing food before we decided that we were really tired and needed to get home. On our way home we took a few other scenic routes, and saw some other parts of Colorado that we had never seen before. Just before our exit to get off, Dad Kelly pipes up from the backseat and says, "wanna go to Saltgrass to get some coffee and dessert?" We were all still chock-full from the open house, but we decided that coffee sounded good. And plus, we all missed seeing Brian, so the vote ended up being a "yes." Now we're home. It's been a long fun day, but it's time for bed and we both have early morning obligations at church.
3 comments:
Beautiful pictures!
What a fun trip! I love to look at the fall leaves, they remind me of how creative God is.
look at greg, rockin' the purple.
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