The Road Goes on Forever but the Party Never Ends

Last night Riley had to go to the clinic for nursemaid's elbow. That was exciting enough. As we were leaving Telluride, we gave Coralee a bagel and she ate about a third of it. I fell asleep somewhere along the curving roads coming out of the mountains and awoke to Coralee saying her stomach hurt. I was hoping it didn't mean much of anything but then she threw up the bagel and whatever milk she had drank. Ick! We pulled over, changed her clothes and cleaned up the carseat (thankfully just the straps) as much as we could. Still, the smell was pretty bad. I have psychological issues with throw up.... someone does it and I feel like I'm going to lose it too. I didn't thankfully. We're about to go to bed for the evening after 11 1/2 hours on the road, dinner and a swim in the pool. Thankfully this was a really relaxing vacation and we're well rested.

Oh, and about these pictures.... I've been trying to work on the digital scrapbook for the trip and while I'm really excited about using a different program (Picaboo) with all kinds of backgrounds, nothing seemed just right. So, today as we were driving down the road, we took some pictures that will hopefully be great for that purpose. Obviously I need to do some "cropping" so the Tex Tag doesn't show but you get the idea of what we saw today. We call Coralee's sleeping position the "yoga" pose. She's held her hands that way (minus the Burger King french fry container) since she was an infant when she'd fall asleep in the car.

One Last Hoorah

We took one final trip to the grocery store more for a final trip with the little buggies than for an actual need of groceries. We did have a problem on the way back on the gondola, though. David swung Riley to get onto the gondola and heard a crack. She cried the entire way back and wanted him to hold her wrist. In the end, they went to the clinic there in Telluride and Riley came home all better.

Last Day in Telluride

A day here wouldn't be complete without a trip to - you guessed it - Town Park. The girls requested playing in the water and as you see the guys were more than happy to practice skipping rocks. Both girls got soaked and had to have wardrobe changes. We went over to the playscape but the weather turned cooler and it looked like it was going to rain (like it has every afternoon we've been here). So, we headed into town to get some lunch. The thing we've noticed is that most restaurants here are a bar & grill. They're pretty small, too, so it isn't like you can avoid the bar part. We opted for lunch at the Sweet Life since they had burgers & sandwiches along with the ice cream and candy. Riley napped through most of lunch (which Coralee would have NEVER done). Ken took Coralee back to the room for a nap and the rest of us went shopping. The gondola ride on the way back was a little scary since it was squeaky. Yikes! Not the way to ride it for the last time! We'll make a trip down to the grocery store before we go to bed tonight so the girls can push the "little buggies" they have there. It's the only thing HEB could do to be more kid friendly.

Making Pudding & the Sunset

We went out to dinner without Coralee on Tuesday night and last night was David & Teresa's turn. Coralee and I made a quick trip via gondola to the grocery store and picked up some things for dinner last night and tonight. We got some pudding mix and the girls helped me stir. While we were waiting on dinner to finish, we made our pudding into banana pudding with bananas (of course) and crumbled animal crackers. Best part was that they were entertained and happy. The girls took a bath together which meant they squealed and splashed a lot. Ken took a picture of the neat sunset after Coralee had gone to bed. The picture doesn't do it justice!

Bridal Veil Falls & Town Park

We took the van into town this morning to check out the falls from a closer distance. They were pretty and the coolest thing was that there is a house right on top of them. Next we went down to Town Park again. Coralee is going to think that we should go to the park every day. Honestly if it was this cool at home, I might consider it. We played in the really, really cold creek for a little while and the girls had a blast throwing rocks into the creek. Next we headed over to the playscape which Coralee says looks like Cinderella's castle. I loved seeing her swing from the monkey bars and use the zip line. I didn't know she had the upper arm strength to do that. We saw a chipmunk and she yelled at it to come back when it ran away. She really does think she's in control of everything. What a mess! Is it any wonder she says she wants to be a teacher? We had lunch at Maggies Bakery and then headed back in the van. Tomorrow is our last day here and while I'm thoroughly enjoying myself, I can hardly wait to be at home sleeping in my bed.

Brown Dog Pizza

We had lunch and that made a major attitude improvement for Coralee. She ate two big pieces of pizza and asked for more. Yes, this is called "wallowing" Momma in our house! Thankfully I didn't end up with any pizza in my hair. After lunch we did a little souvenir shopping and bought Coralee a t-shirt (complete with a necklace) and a book about Colorado wildflowers since she's obsessed with what kind of flowers we've seen.

Playing at the Park

This time we went to the playscape for bigger kids which was really neat. I missed most of the playing since I went to the bathroom. I didn't realize there was one much closer. Oops!

Hiking to Bridal Veil Falls.... Almost

This morning we hiked along the river to go see the falls. After we got off the gondola we followed the trail and it was SO nice and cool by the river! What we didn't realize was that it was further than we thought and the path wasn't so clear. The girls were a little cranky, too. So after a couple told us that you could get a better view if you drove there, we turned around and headed back to the park to let the girls play.