The location could not have been better. There was so much to do, right out our front door. Here is a picture of us walking into town one morning for breakfast. Chad and Rylie holding hands...this might be my favorite shot from the weekend.
Chad fished every day, and certainly got some fish on the board. Happy Dad!
We went for a hike the first day...that ended up being a four hour adventure, in and out of snow, up a vast valley, in and out of rivers, and to two frozen lakes called Wheeler lakes. Though it was longer than we had planned, and though we had hoped to fish the lakes at the top...it was so, so beautiful and worth every 7 miles! Rylie is such a trooper! She just chirped along with glee. She just loves being on the move! And Chad is a trooper too, as he carried Rylie the entire time!
We also went for two great bike rides...
One, was a three hour tour to Breckenridge and back, with a stop at Starbucks - Rylie's first visit. It was windy, up hill, hi-altitude, and wouldn't you know it, my bike is the one that Rylie's tow fits on...so mom got the extra work-out on this day. It was a great time however for sure!
The second ride has got to be one of the more beautiful bike rides I have been on. We went around Lake Dillon...which is surrounded by AMAZING mountains, trees, and has lots of sail boats and kayakers floating around. It was heaven.
We also hit the hugest BBQ festival in the country I think...which was two day event, which we hit for an hour or so. I have never seen so many BBQ'g company's in my life. 100's! The highlight was certainly the pig races!
Of course we found the local parks...one of which had to have had the coolest toys EVER! Mom and dad even had to give them a try. Too, this was Rylie's first turn on the big girl swing...big girl!
And, our condo was on the river, which happened to also be home to the worlds tallest Dandilions (at least according to our records!)
Of course we had lots of time relaxing, reading, playing Yatzee (I beat Chad 5-2), hanging out in the hot tub, etc.
Thank you Katy and Tim for giving us such a fun filled Father's Day Weekend!! We loved every minute of it!!!
