The ZOO!!!

It's a jungle out there!! Mommy took me to the Zoo in Denver today!! It was so much fun!!! Daddy is on a trip for work this week, and we took him to the airport, so Mommy decided to go since we would already be down there. I saw so many animals!! And Mommy helped me say all of their names. My favorites were the polar bears (Mommy had to drag me away from them kicking and screaming!) and the Yaks (just because I can say it, so the next 20 animals we stopped at I called yaks too!!) Last time I went to the zoo we rode the carosel, so this time Mommy said we could ride the train, but it was broken so we rode the carosel again. I got on a Polar Bear (go figure) and kept saying "Bear" the whole ride!!! It was so much fun!! Mommy even bought me a Tiger I can ride like a horsey at the gift shop, and a water bottle holder that looks like a giraffe! I can't wait to go back again!!

Daddy went to Philidelphia for work and I miss him already. He'll be back on Wednesday and I'm glad. It's been a long time since Daddy had to go away on a trip. Not a whole lot going on. Next week is the Larimer Co. Fair, so I'll get to go see more animals then. Talk to ya all later!!

Oh yeah - check out all the pictures from the Zoo in the Kodak albums!

Daddy Rides Trail Ridge Road!!

Yesterday we went to Rocky Mountain National Park, and Daddy rode his bike up and down Trail Ridge Road. If you haven't been there, Trail Ridge Road is the Highest Continuously Paved Road in the United States. It gets up to 12,083 ft above sea level, and is literally carved into the mountain side in some areas. And Daddy rode it on his bike!!! I'm so proud of him!! (It's actually his second time doing it!!) Mommy and I dropped him off at Many Parks Curve, towards the bottom and stopped and waited for him at most of the parking areas along the way. That way if he needed anything we could help him. It's about 15 miles up, and Mommy and I stopped and took some pictures along the way. I'm getting better at sitting and smiling for the camera! See:When we were at Rainbow curve, the first stop, there were chipmunks and ground squirrels everywhere!! One even came up to me and sniffed my hand to see if I had any food, but I didn't. We stopped at Forest Canyon Overlook too, and then we waited just before the Lava Cliffs and got a picture of Daddy coming down the road!!
Then at the Lava Cliffs, we saw this guy!!! Walking right across the road!! We had to wait in the "Elk Jam" that he created, but then met up with Daddy at the Alpine Visitor Center.

We sat there and ate lunch with Daddy, then it was time to head back down. Daddy left before us, and beat us down to the meeting point (cuz he's so fast) and cuz we got stuck in a couple of more Elk Jams!! But he made it down ok, and said he wanted to go farther on his bike, so we followed him some more, and he ended up riding his bike almost to the park entrance!!

Then we went to the backcountry office so Mommy could make some reservations. The Open Lands Crew at her work want to hike to the top of Long's Peak (a 16 mile trip that goes to the top - 14,255 ft above sea level) the only 14eer in Rocky Mountain National Park. So she's planning the trip. They are going to make it a two day trip since weather this year has been so crazy. So they are going to hike the first 6 miles to the Boulderfield, then camp out, and hike to the summit and back down again the next day. Mommy is so excited!! She can't wait!! They are going the last week of August, so you'll have to look for pictures when she gets back!

Well, not much else going on. Mommy and I went to a MOPS Park Date today with Lacey and Greg. I have so much fun playing with Greg. Mommy says that sometime soon we are going to go to the pool with them, or take them to Horsetooth with us to swim. But we better do it soon - cuz this summer is flying by!! Have a good week everyone!

4th of July Fun!!

I hope everyone had a happy and safe July 4th!!! We had a blast!!! hahaha!!! Mommy had to work during the day, but she was able to get off early. That's because it started raining really hard about 2:00 and she was stuck out on trail. She got soaked to the bone, and her boss told her if everyone left because of the storms that she could go home too!!! So she did, and she dried off and we had a BBQ (inside though cuz of the rain!). Daddy made Brats and corn on the cob, it was so yummy, I LOVE CORN ON THE COB!!! It's so fun to eat!!

Then we went out in the rain and tried to let off some fireworks. Mommy and I took shelter in the garage and Daddy did some smoke bombs and other little stuff in the driveway. I even got to do a sparkler!!! My first one!! those are so cool, I love staring at the flashy parts!

Then the rain finally stopped, and we had the most beautiful rainbow!! It was so big, and even became a double rainbow!! Since the rain stopped, we decided to go to Windsor for the Fireworks Show over the lake. It was very pretty!! There were lots of big booms!! Not to shabby for a small town!! We had great seats too, right across the lake.

After that we went home and let off MORE fireworks!! Daddy saved all the big ones until then, it was really loud!! Mommy had to hold my ears for some of them! It was so exciting!! Mommy and Daddy let me stay up really late!! I was up until almost 11 o'clock!!! Can you believe it!! (Mommy says that's partly because I took a longer and later nap than usual too) I had so much fun, I think the 4th of July is my new favorite Holiday!! (at least until Halloween and Christmas roll around again!!)