November 12 - Falling into winter

Rob doing homework and Rocky chewing his toy

Apex Trail Ride

Chicago Creek Trail

Glenwood Canyon



Hanging Lake

Trail near school

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Time has passed so quickly since our last entry so long ago. We have packed the camper away for the winter, and hung our winter jackets and gloves at the front door. Fall has lingered and we have been spending a lot of time outdoors. Rocky is a great incentive to get out and walk every day. He is giving the family so much joy – we are lucky to have him. He is very affectionate and patient with us all. He also loves to chew his toys (pic).

Robert has discovered that riding his bike on the mountain trail near the house is tones of fun. He convinced Ant and a friend to ride with him, while Mike, Rocky and I walked. It is really challenging but they had lots of fun (pic).

To celebrate the fall colors the boys and I did a lovely hike above the campground at Chicago Creek. Bella (the dog Rob walks each afternoon) joined us on the trail(pic).

To save us the driving trip out to Utah, mom flew out here during our mid term break. Rich decided that we needed to get away so he booked two nights at Glenwood Springs. We did some wonderful bike rides up and down the canyon, hiked up to Hanging Lake and soaked in the hot springs (pics).

I went hiking with two girlfriends on Sunday. We were exploring a trail near the boy’s school. It looks west towards the continental divide (pic). We must have dropped about 1000ft to the river below us and then had to climb back out about 500ft to the car park at the end of the trail. The scenery and company were great. We plan to spend more time exploring the rest of the trail – 8 miles long in all.