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| Meet Jewel and Amber. |
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| Starting with cage assembly |
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| Taking a break to make Palisades Peach Cobbler, or as AJ would call it, Peach Dump Cake. |
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| Street Tacos at the Club. That's "watermelon radish" on top. |
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| They arrived safe and sound from the Denver area. Matt and the two boys drove up to get them. |
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| How they arrived. |
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| The last touch was pine shavings. |
It's been a while since the last post, and much has happened. Fosters got home safe and sound to an empty house. The Reguscis were up at the Gaylord all week with friends from California, got back yesterday evening.
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| Fosters came home to a plumbing issue. Thanks Roto-Rooter! |
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| All fun, all week! |
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| From the Mining Museum. |
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| A visitor on the fountain getting water |
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| Out of the old... |
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| In the new. |
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| Fosters had some friends over for dinner. |
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| Cheesecake and great wine for dessert. |
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| Black Forest Bistro. We forget about it too easily. The bottom dish is sea bass with peach and Hatch chili sauce on Asian noodles. |
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| Neighbors are up to something. Best guess so far: raised planter beds. |
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| First time Jamie's visited the calves at the Ranch. |
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| GibGuscis: 2017 top, 2021 bottom. |
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| Thanks, A., for the tip! Smokin'! |
Lynn and Jamie headed blindly to Winter Park, CO for a little getaway. Not entirely blindly, but all we had booked ahead was a place to stay, Hi Country Haus (through AirBnB). One story as an opener... As we were standing at the Winter Park Resort reading a map, I noticed that the west portal to the Moffat Tunnel (railroad) was right here! And lo and behold if a train didn't go through while I was standing maybe a couple hundred feet from the portal. The trip was July 28th through August 1st. All Jamie's photos (479 of them).
Here's a chronological rundown in photos of what we enjoyed on our journey. Jamie's gallery of photos is in chronological order, too.
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| Union American Bistro in Castle Rock (on the way). Try their Coconut Fried Chicken with Jerk Mayo. |
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| Moon Frog Coffee Shop in Winter Park, CO |
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| It was hard to pick just one photo from this great day, so I picked a silly one. We rode the gondola up and down three times, enjoying hikes and drinks and people watching at top and bottom. P.S, you can see Moffatt Tunnel from the gondola. Winter Park Resort. |
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| Moffat Tunnel |
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| In Goody's Creperie. Strawberry Crepes with ice cream! |
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| Deno's Mountain Bistro. Doesn't look at all like this from the outside. Great meal. |
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| Alpenglow Massage. Ahhhhh. |
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| Moffat Road Railroad Museum in Granby, CO. We also hit the Fabric Nook and Brickhouse 40 (restaurant). |
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| Grand Lake, CO turned out to be quite the discovery. From Grand Lake Lodge (pictured) to the Kauffman House to Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre (we saw 2 shows!). |
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| A hike around the area where we stayed in Winter Park, Hi Country Haus. |
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| On the way home, we had breakfast in Idaho Springs at the Main Street Restaurant and we stopped at Chatfield Farms Botanical Gardens just off the 470. |
We unearthed a Tinker Crate that's been hidden in the house for some time. AJ and Nana got to work building a jellyfish racing box.
Ever hear of this before?... Moonlit Memories will bring everything to your house to set up a glamorous camping experience in your backyard then make it all disappear when you're done. How's that for a 16th birthday party!
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| Lexi's artwork continues... |
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| In AJ's future... A chinchilla (or two) |
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| Sharing the PetCo purchases |
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| All set for the overnight party |
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| 5 pounds of bacon, too, for the party's breakfast dinner. |
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| Jonny gave Blokus a try. He's pretty good at it! |
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| Inside the Glam Tent |
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| Prepping the chocolate fondue for the "campers" |
