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Our Great Vacation

 On July 21st we began our trek to Colorado. We left in the afternoon and stopped in Amarillo to break the trip up. We stayed at the Luxury Inn and Suites aka Nastotel off I-40. If you want a free tasty waffle shaped like Texas for breakfast and are willing to give up all the comforts and cleanliness of home to get it, then Luxury Inn and Suites is the place for you.
The next morning we got out of there as fast as possible and continued our drive. We stopped for lunch in Trinidad and found a really cool little park there. They had a playground and a splash pad. We put Maddy in her swimsuit and let her play in the cold Colorado water. I had forgotten how cold the water is there. Maddy loved it but I got pretty chilled from the spray after awhile. After we did that we continued to Colorado Springs and spent the night at my parents house. The next morning we jumped back in the car again and headed for Grand Junction to Grams 82nd birthday celebration. On our way over the mountains we stopped to enjoy the view of Union Park and then had lunch on the Continental Divide on top of Monarch Pass.

 We made it to GJ at about 5 p.m. and went over to the Olive Garden for a 50+ minute wait to get in to eat. We all had a great time celebrating Grams birthday. The next morning we went to church with the Bavors and then went to Ouray to play at the hot springs. Maddy really loved swimming there. On Monday we just rested up and hung out at Grams. Maddy decided she needed to get a new hairstyle. :)

On Tuesday we went to the Montrose fair. Maddy could not get enough of looking at the animals. In fact she thought there ought to be a lion and elephant there that she could go see.

 That evening we went over to Eric and Amanda's for dinner. We cooked out, played on the trampoline and did some fireworks. Maddy loved the trampoline. She outlasted everyone playing on it.
 On Wednesday, Maddy felt rather warm when she woke up. I took her temp and she had quite a fever. We gave her some tylenol but it didn't go down much so we decided to take her to the walk in clinic. By the time we decided this everyone was out for lunch so we stopped by the fair to see Trenton and Kodi show their goats.

 Poor Maddy. You can tell she's not feeling good but she wasn't too sick to eat ice cream. We got to the clinic right when they opened after lunch and waited about an hour to get in. Sure enough, she had an ear infection and possible a sinus infection so we headed to Wal-Mart to get wonderful antibiotics. Maddy just slept the rest of the day and night and her fever finally broke sometime early in the morning. It took her about a day to really get to feeling back to herself. We did Amber's birthday party on Wednesday night. Grams cooked an amazing meal of steak, corn, salad, squash, beans, and bread. Yum! Amber stayed the night so Maddy got to play with her cousin Theyben the next day when she was feeling a little better.

 On Friday we headed up to Taylor Park Reservoir to spend time with Aaron's Dad. I was so disappointed because the forest service had made them spray all the daisies by the river because they are considered a noxious weed. So we weren't able to get pics of Maddy playing out there this year. :(
 Maddy had a great time hanging out with all the kids. On Saturday morning we went four wheeling and she rode in her car seat in the Rhino. She had the best time riding around. This was pretty much the look on her face the entire time and we were probably out there about four hours.
 While we were driving a lady bug landed on Aaron's shoulder. I will once a again blame and curse my stupid camera for taking such a terrible picture of such a great shot.
 My dream home.
 Maddy referred to this as the "big splash".
 On Sunday it was time to say goodbye to everyone and head back over the mountains to spend time with my family.

Vacation story to be continued.....

Comments

texasholls said…
what sweet sweet memories!!!
August 17, 2011 at 4:10 PM
bee said…
As always great post. Some events you wish you could relive--all except the ear infecton.
August 17, 2011 at 8:18 PM
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