Colorado, Part 3

Part 3 will show the following adventures:

Biking 14 miles down through the mountains

Hiking an unexpectedly long time and reaching a gorgeous waterfall

A hike with just the three of us around our "neighborhood"

Gwen was practicing her "bunny hat" in the van on the way UP the mountain

I love the view of Willa in this picture :)

The girls on their first bike ride together.  They did great!

It was SO beautiful!  We rode beside a creek on the left which offered a lovely natural soundtrack.

Ivy with the beloved Elmo book

Check out those cool pink corduroys!

In constant motion...  This is running around Copper Mountain where we stopped for a picnic lunch

And back on the bikes!
(Bert most definitely did all the picture-taking.  My hands were white-knuckled on my bike.  It's not my most comfortable or confident activity.  But I still had fun!)

This is me being sanctified.  God was working on some ugly anger and impatience in my heart while I sat by this stunning vista.  Kinda wish I could've skipped this picture, but might as well be real about my life.  I am deeply flawed.  And God still lets me be Gwen's mom and sit by mountains.  Lots of grace, folks!

This is the boys showing how tired we felt after the bike ride!

Bert stayed around Frisco after the bike ride and went disc golfing with Ryan, Ben and Miles

Then we went HIKING!  This was the set up for Bert and Gwen

Love this group of adventurers!

Crossing the treacherous river

Always uphill

Jonah checking out the crystal-clear river

Me with Willa, the rock star. This was not an easy hike!

 

Happy to finally reach a waterfall at the end! This was only the bottom section of a huge series of falls

We were around 12,000 ft here, huffing and puffing like crazy and wishing we'd brought water and snacks!

Here's us three on a walk in our neighborhood