We went and spent a week at my sister and brother-in-law's place in Westcliffe Colorado. Well technically they live in a town called Rosita but it's an old mining town/area and is included in Westcliffe for mailing purposes even though they are about 10 miles from there.
House up on hill, small barn below, Notice Deer to the left of the barn.
Their VIEW. I know we are not to covet, but come on.
Wife enjoying morning view
They live up almost to the top of a hill that gives them an extraordinary view of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. It makes looking off of their deck or out their windows just an awe inspiring experience.
Mountains turn Red for a short time right at sunrise.
The deer in the area just walk through the property like they own the place and are almost tame enough to feed by hand. I'm sure that all of our Colorado relatives are bored of all of the deer talk, but for those of us who have lived most of our lives in cities outside of this state, this is a real treat.
Deer right off of the deck.
It didn't quite happen, but it was fun to try.
It was a relaxing week as we left the RV in storage at the Academy, so I didn't have any projects I could do. I even played with puzzles. If it weren't for being at 9000 feet elevation and always feeling like I was trying to catch my breath, it would have been perfect.
Daughter got some excellent cooking instruction from her aunt, and both kids got some video game time with their uncle.
Kneading bread with her aunt.
"I made these from scratch" Pumpkin Cupcakes.
"Haven't you guys heard of Instant? Can't believe I got to crank this thing".
One of our favorite stops on the way to or from Westcliffe is a stop at Cañon City. They have a great burger joint called Big Burger World, and as you can see in the pic, the burgers are huge. There is also a great park in town we like to stop at if we need to kill some time, and a road called Skyline Drive, that goes right up on the ridge of a mountain. At the top of the mountain is a ridge where a dinosaur walked in some mud at one time. The foot prints were buried in a layer that turned to rock and the mud layer disintegrated over time leaving casts of the footprints.
Recreating an old picture from when the kids were here once before.
Bumps coming out from bottom of rock ridge are left over dinosaur tracks.
View of city from Skyline drive.
Video below is of Skyline drive. Mom was not to happy with the drop offs as she is afraid of heights. She didn't even get out of the car to get a close up look of the foot prints.
That was awesome! Thanks for including the epic vid of Jeff! What a hoot!
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