Last weekend we went to Sylvan Lake State Park near Eagle! (which is just west of Vail). We hadn't spent much time in that area before, so we really enjoyed exploring, we love going to different places in the mountains every time! Eagle was a super cute city, small and quaint but still really close to skiing, mtns, etc. It had a cute downtown, where we ALMOST saw the holiday parade! (we got there right as it was ending.....we only saw one fire truck :-( I was sad.) Anyways here are some photos of the weekend, including a preview of what may be one of our xmas card photos (we haven' decided yet!) along with some outtakes :-)
Enjoy!
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| We got to the cabin late Friday. Saturday we hiked up a closed forest road that went up a pass. It would be great to go back in the summer so we could drive further up the road and do different hikes! Lots of lakes at the top but we didn't make it too far. |
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| we hiked about 4 miles that day (2 up and 2 down) |
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| I wore my NEW SNOWSHOES (thanks to my friend Barbara, who works at REI! Best xmas gift ever!!!), even though it was really borderline whether I needed them or not. Carter just wore YakTrax and was fine, but it was pretty icy under the snow so I was glad to have the spikes. |
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| Emma loves snow! |
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| It was SUPER cold, and snowed most of Saturday |
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| Carter and Emma walking to a potential photo site. |
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| outtake |
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| this was our cabin, so cute!!!! There were 9 cabins, I think we should plan a family reunion at a place like this! We didn't get any photos of inside, but it was super cute--2 rooms, sleeps 6, gas stove for heat, nice table and shelves, etc. We loved it! We actually spent more time relaxing than anything....I finished 2 magazines and 1 book, and got halfway through another! Also I started a new xmas knitting gift and almost finished it on the drive home. |
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| Here we are hiking around Sylvan Lake on Sunday. I'm wiping the snot off my nose. |
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| eating Emma's ear |
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| JUMP! |
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| soooooo happy! |
Emma running toward me
Carter running toward me
2 comments:
What a beautiful place for a getaway! That cabin looked so cute. I forgot to tell you in another post that I love your handspun hat. It looks really cozy--great job on the pom pom. Is the brown hat made with your new alpaca?
Looks like an awesome trip! By the way, Emma may in fact love snow, but in the photo with the caption "Emma loves snow," she does not actually look like she is fully loving snow at that moment. ;)
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