Telluride

A few weeks ago, some friends let us tag along for a fun vacation to Telluride, CO. It was so beautiful! We could really get used to this upper class thing- kent's favorite thing about the entire trip was to call down and have his "car prepared." We were definitely the only Dodge Durango in the area!

The first day we were there, we rode the gondola into Telluride (we stayed in Mountain Village). Tyse claims this to be the best part of the entire trip- and it was great for the adults too! It was the peak of the fall colors and the mountains were just covered in yellow. WOW! We went down to this cool little park they had and let the kids run around like crazy and actually got a decent family picture for us to post. Miracle of all miracles.

The second day we went up to an old ghost mining town and wandered around for the day. It was so beautiful- it had snowed the night before just lightly enough to cover it and let Emitt touch snow for the first time... he LOVED it! We were able to participate in the first snowball fight of the season and wander around the old ruins and have a picnic. It was such a great day!

Man, these pics are all over!
The third day, we tried out our 4x4 skills and scaled the side of the mountain housing Bridal Veil Falls, the largest waterfall in Colorado. Kent definitely LOVED climbing the road, and the view was beautiful.

After this day, we packed up and headed to Cedar City via a visit to the 4 corners region. The drive over Lizard Head Pass was AMAZING! At this point I am going to show off some of Kent's extraordinary portrait abilities...

We hit the biggest rain storm just as we pulled into the parking lot at 4 corners. I think all the native american vendors there LOVE the rain because people actually had to take extra time to look through the shops until the rain stopped. Kent even got to taste his first Navajo Taco made by a real Navajo! I was going to post a pic, but the thing isn't uploading and Tyse is throwing a MAJOR fit and about to break a mirror, so I am off...

After a terribly long day in the car, we were so happy to finally pull in to the Ihler's and get a decent night's sleep! What a great trip!