For Labor Day weekend we did a little trip to the mountains. On Saturday, we left, got stuck in traffic and finally made it to Rifle, CO late afternoon. We first went to Rifle Falls which were actually really neat!
We could walk up behind the falls to see the view and the whole place was covered in really neat caves too.
Everything there was so pretty, someone was even holding a wedding there off to the side!
We hiked along a small trail behind the falls too and when we got to the top of the hill we had these beautiful views!
A few miles from Rifle Falls is the Rifle Gap which is this really pretty manmade lake in the middle of the hills there. You can't quite tell from the pictures, but the water was such a pretty blue!
Everything was so pretty up there, I really loved the scenery and the weather was just perfect. Things finally started to cool a bit just in time for Labor Day weekend, so it was a really nice afternoon. That night we found a restaurant in Rifle and then we headed to our hotel back in New Castle and took Jacob swimming for the rest of the evening.
Sunday we headed back to Rifle and went to one hour of church. Luke had served in that ward as a missionary so that was a little neat to go back, but he only recognized one person. Afterwards, we checked out of our hotel and headed to a park across the street that sat along the Colorado River.
Afterwards, we headed to Glenwood Springs which is where we intended to spend most of the weekend. But we just drove through town, got a quick lunch, then decided that since both the boys were ready for a nap it would be easiest to just drive on home, which was about a 2.5 hour drive from there. So even though it made for a quick weeknd trip, the boys slept all the way home and Luke and I enjoyed the beautiful drive as the trees were just barely starting to change colors.
Monday was Labor Day and so I got to dress my boys as twins again. It's funny how much bigger Blake has gotten since the last time I put them in these shirts on the
4th of July.
Jacob helped me make brownies, and Luke smoked some ribs and made homemade fries for dinner. We ended up eating a lot earlier than expected so we headed to Sloan's Lake just west of downtown and walked around. Again, it was such a perfect weather day!
We had a fun relaxing weekend together as a family!
We could walk up behind the falls to see the view and the whole place was covered in really neat caves too.
Everything there was so pretty, someone was even holding a wedding there off to the side!
We hiked along a small trail behind the falls too and when we got to the top of the hill we had these beautiful views!
A few miles from Rifle Falls is the Rifle Gap which is this really pretty manmade lake in the middle of the hills there. You can't quite tell from the pictures, but the water was such a pretty blue!
Everything was so pretty up there, I really loved the scenery and the weather was just perfect. Things finally started to cool a bit just in time for Labor Day weekend, so it was a really nice afternoon. That night we found a restaurant in Rifle and then we headed to our hotel back in New Castle and took Jacob swimming for the rest of the evening.
Sunday we headed back to Rifle and went to one hour of church. Luke had served in that ward as a missionary so that was a little neat to go back, but he only recognized one person. Afterwards, we checked out of our hotel and headed to a park across the street that sat along the Colorado River.
Afterwards, we headed to Glenwood Springs which is where we intended to spend most of the weekend. But we just drove through town, got a quick lunch, then decided that since both the boys were ready for a nap it would be easiest to just drive on home, which was about a 2.5 hour drive from there. So even though it made for a quick weeknd trip, the boys slept all the way home and Luke and I enjoyed the beautiful drive as the trees were just barely starting to change colors.
Monday was Labor Day and so I got to dress my boys as twins again. It's funny how much bigger Blake has gotten since the last time I put them in these shirts on the 4th of July.
Jacob helped me make brownies, and Luke smoked some ribs and made homemade fries for dinner. We ended up eating a lot earlier than expected so we headed to Sloan's Lake just west of downtown and walked around. Again, it was such a perfect weather day!
We had a fun relaxing weekend together as a family!
1 comment:
wow - that looks really fun and beautiful!
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