The Degree Family Adventures: Fun in Fort Collins..

In mid-July we went on our first family vacation, luckily it didn't look like anything the Griswold's participated in! We went out to Colorado to visit our good friends Vinnie and Melissa. We were a little nervous about the flight out there, we had a long stretch on the plane, 4 hours and 15 minutes. Thankfully Miles slept for about 2 hours and we made good time out there so it went very well! Miles started to get a little antsy toward the end, but lets be honest, who doesn't get a little antsy after sitting for more than 4 hours!

Miles adjusted very well to the time change, it was rather seamless. We did so much out there, so I will share some of the highlights with you.

On one of our first days there we toured downtown Fort Collins, a little bit Burlington-like, great shops, yummy food, and lots of people watching. We then visited one of the many micro breweries in Fort Collins. This one is the O'Dell Brewing Company. We got a sample of all the beers they make, yummy!

On Friday we headed to the mountains. Vin and Melissa found a cabin in Winter Park, CO for us to rent for the weekend. Our tour guides brought us through Rocky Mountain National Park....so pretty!!!! Unfortunately, I was a bit affected by the altitude. I was still able to appreciate the beauty though! We got stuck in some construction traffic for about half an hour, which was okay, not a bad place to get stuck.

Vinnie ordered us up some elk and we were lucky enough to see a herd.

After a four hour, tummy upsetting, beautiful drive we arrived at our destination....

Bear Claw Cabin, a nice little cabin on a mountain side it had everything we needed....I can imagine it would be really great to stay in the winter as well!

We had a very nice relaxing time in Winter Park, went for a nice walk in the center of town and later went out to dinner. After dinner there was a concert in the park we enjoyed for a little while. We had to take advantage of a photo op!!!

Sadly, we did have to leave winter park, but we still had a couple days left in Fort Collins. We went on a nice hike in the Poudre Canyon. We had a great time hiking, such a beautiful day!!!! Sophie had a great time too!!!

There were a number of water crossings that I didn't even attempt to rock hop, however, Dylan with is super agility and baby on board did a great job!