Mountain Air

Today we all slept in (that's 7:30am in our house) and decided to go up into the mountains. We took at trip to Leadville, which is only 33 miles away but takes about an hour to get there because its straight up the mountain. The town sits at an elevation just under 11,000 ft. Brrrrrrrrrr! It was very cold! We went to the mining museum and had lunch. I bought a piece of art from the gallery. The girls also bought some little trinkets. On the way home we stopped by Turquoise Lake. It was very pretty- but too cold to get out and walk around. Then we headed home- the trip home took about an hour and half- John was sweet enough to stop every time I wanted to take a pic of the scenery.






This is the view from our balcony. Super beautiful!








This is a brook that I almost fell in while trying to get this picture. Good thing I was out of view of the truck- they would have been laughing so hard!







The is a picture of Mt. Massive (ele. 15,000 ft.) Looks a little cold up there!






This is a picture of the the stream running through the ghost town of Fort Hale- a military training base during WWII. All that's left are crumbled foundations and the foot print of the fort.




We then came back to the condo, went swimming (I actually got in the pool this time) and grilled out. The kids were in bed by 8pm - completely out! Vacation is so nice!