Saturday, August 20, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
Sharp left!
Turn left on Moosa Road then take a shape left. These words are a nightmare in my ear...every time we come home it's time for a quick prayer as we accelerate up the mountain roads to Winnemucca. It's worse than a roller coaster ride and this Mama Froggy is not a fan of coasters (all I can handle is the Zippin' Pippin' and at least I know that won't run off the track or encounter oncoming traffic). As the week has moved on we have had less tears of terror but it's still an adventure and that's what we signed up for!
Thursday, August 18, 2011
You're only 6 once!
Happy Birthday J3!!! You're officially 6 today! Yay! It's your day to choose what we should do! But remember if 5 and under are free, then you are still 5, right Bud?!?!?
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Pikes Peak or Bust!
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.....the Froggy Five decided to drive up Pikes Peak versus riding the cog railway! What a good decision that was! We are so glad our family convinced us to make the trek up by ourselves!
Our home base is right down the road from The Pikes Peak Highway and we were off! I drove up here when I was about 12 so it had been a very long time and everything felt new to me! Amazing views at evey turn! First point of intrigue for the kids was the Bigfoot crossing sign! That is super cool!!!!! Reminded us of the WolfBear back home! Great for the imagination! Not too much further down the road was the Bigfoot wood carving. Now. The kids have bears and Bigfoot on their minds!
When you drive your own car up Pikes Peak you have the luxury of stopping at any point along the way. J2 had his camera snapping lots of pictures around every bend. I truly think our driveway prepared us for this venture because it wasn't very scary. Also the fact that we watched the Pikes Peak Hill Climb on YouTube a few times so going 20 mph instead of 130 mph sure helped too!
After what happened to J1 at the hot springs we had the kids guzzling water like crazy and eating goldfish n apples.....we are not letting this altitude sickness attack us! Therefore we stopped at every potty on the way up!
Just below the summit at about mile 18 we saw Big Horn Sheep and Marmots! How do they live in this rocky terrain? So glad they made a visit near the side of the road so we could see them in their natural habitat!
We made it!!! The summit of Pikes Peak! Snow, glorious snow! The thunderstorm last night dropped snow on the mountain just for us Wisconsinites! What do you do with snow? Build a snowman of course!!!
In the summit house the smells of the fresh baked donuts were delicious. Unfortunately due to J1's severe peanut allergy we didn't take any chance with her having one :( instead we stuck to packaged safe foods which left her with a fruit cup and cheetos! Good combination, huh?
After taking in the views from all angles and learning that this inspired the song America the Beautiful we started our descend down the mountain! Brake check stop: Passed! We are good to go! This was a breeze! D and I had more trouble adjusting on the way down than up....it took my ears quite a while to pop! Troopers are we! We survived the climb! And we'd do it again! So fun!!!!
Time for a visit to The Trading Post our favorite shop in Garden of the Gods. Great food too!!! Found lots of treasures to bring home! J2 and J3 found their patches that they love to collect on vacation! J1 found a feather for her hair! Ah, the joy of shopping!
Our evening ended with visitors and relaxation back at our home base. So nice to kick back and relax! We made the driveway ascent in daylight and without tears!!!! Also a Happy Birthday Eve celebration so we could share our cake with others!!! A special ending for a special almost 6 year old boy! Sleep tight and recharge for tommorrow will bring another adventure!
Our home base is right down the road from The Pikes Peak Highway and we were off! I drove up here when I was about 12 so it had been a very long time and everything felt new to me! Amazing views at evey turn! First point of intrigue for the kids was the Bigfoot crossing sign! That is super cool!!!!! Reminded us of the WolfBear back home! Great for the imagination! Not too much further down the road was the Bigfoot wood carving. Now. The kids have bears and Bigfoot on their minds!
When you drive your own car up Pikes Peak you have the luxury of stopping at any point along the way. J2 had his camera snapping lots of pictures around every bend. I truly think our driveway prepared us for this venture because it wasn't very scary. Also the fact that we watched the Pikes Peak Hill Climb on YouTube a few times so going 20 mph instead of 130 mph sure helped too!
After what happened to J1 at the hot springs we had the kids guzzling water like crazy and eating goldfish n apples.....we are not letting this altitude sickness attack us! Therefore we stopped at every potty on the way up!
Just below the summit at about mile 18 we saw Big Horn Sheep and Marmots! How do they live in this rocky terrain? So glad they made a visit near the side of the road so we could see them in their natural habitat!
We made it!!! The summit of Pikes Peak! Snow, glorious snow! The thunderstorm last night dropped snow on the mountain just for us Wisconsinites! What do you do with snow? Build a snowman of course!!!
In the summit house the smells of the fresh baked donuts were delicious. Unfortunately due to J1's severe peanut allergy we didn't take any chance with her having one :( instead we stuck to packaged safe foods which left her with a fruit cup and cheetos! Good combination, huh?
After taking in the views from all angles and learning that this inspired the song America the Beautiful we started our descend down the mountain! Brake check stop: Passed! We are good to go! This was a breeze! D and I had more trouble adjusting on the way down than up....it took my ears quite a while to pop! Troopers are we! We survived the climb! And we'd do it again! So fun!!!!
Time for a visit to The Trading Post our favorite shop in Garden of the Gods. Great food too!!! Found lots of treasures to bring home! J2 and J3 found their patches that they love to collect on vacation! J1 found a feather for her hair! Ah, the joy of shopping!
Our evening ended with visitors and relaxation back at our home base. So nice to kick back and relax! We made the driveway ascent in daylight and without tears!!!! Also a Happy Birthday Eve celebration so we could share our cake with others!!! A special ending for a special almost 6 year old boy! Sleep tight and recharge for tommorrow will bring another adventure!
Please pass the Butter!
Whitewater rafting was high on our list but we will need to beef up J2 and J3 before we can even go on the mild to moderate half day trip. We're about 5 pounds too short...time to butter up these kids and stretch them out! Disappointing, yes, but all the more reason to come back! Thank goodness we called first before making the hour drive. The Family Float was suitable but sounded like what we do in Waupaca each summer so, no.....Been there done that, we'll just save up for next time!
Mani-tour!
Tuesday, August 16th time for the tour of Manitou Springs at the base of Pikes Peak! What a cool, artsy town with the friendliest downtown! Shop after shop! We were so lucky to have a personal tour of Manitou by our very own Cousin I!!!
Manitou has the most unique penny arcade full of old games! The kids has a ball using pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters! Remember the little horse rides they used to have outside of Kmarts? (at least they did in Green Bay) well they must have had every ride ever made from helicopters to frogs to horses to bulldozers to race cars to merry go rounds...you get the picture right? This was a blast for all of us! We can't forget to mention the cymbal clanging monkey and the fortune tellers! (have you seen that Wizards of Waverly Place episode? The kids did it want to try it! Ahh, the power of tv!) We all got smoked by Cousin I on the horse derby race and that is the one game I usually win on!!! Oh, the time passed quickly in the arcade!
Manitou Springs is known for their springs, duh! So we stopped at each spring for a taste of the waters. Quite a variety of tastes! And each spring was so different! Fun to picture people enjoying the springs in the olden days.
Dream on...but we found one old building that was for sale with rights to a spring. Wheels
began turning as we planned future business ideas! Ah, I'd only we won the lottery! We'd definitely have a home here in the Springs! Dream on!
geocaching...we only found one and it was the tiniest one so far! We have to do more
geocaching on this trip! The days are flying by! :(
MSFD: Manitou Springs Fire Department...Cousin I gave us the grand tour! We all tried on the fire gear and decided that firefighters have to be super strong and tough! We don't know how
they manage on all these tiny steep roads but they do!
A delicious cookout was enjoyed at my Aunt and Uncles home! Thanks guys!!! It was so nice to see Cousin G2 and his dog Chance and Cousin I and K. Lotsa laughs during dinner and good
memories! Even had an art lesson from Cousin I as the Wiscnosinites all learned how to make paintbrushes out of the yucca plant! Artist J1 even painted a
picture of Pikes Peak! Think she could sell that downtown?!! Make a few bucks for a t-shirt!! I think so!
Oh no, getting late, we should head back before dark to tackle that driveway again. Too late, this time we have a huge storm approaching! Then, just like that, the longest and largest lightning strike we've ever seen lights up across Pikes Peak! Scared the you know what out of us!! Then the rain comes, now we have wet roads on our adventure up the mountain!!! Believe it or not, but it only took us one time to get up to our house this time. But whenever our GPS says turn leet on Moussa Road the Froggy Five start to get tense! So even though we made it up there were still tears this time due to the lightning, the thunder, and the hard rain that was coming down! Make a run for it! No matter how fast we could run we were still drenched!!! Close the door and yay, we are home!!! Time to cozy up with some warm jammies and a glamour and play Phase 10. Another successful adventure!
Manitou has the most unique penny arcade full of old games! The kids has a ball using pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters! Remember the little horse rides they used to have outside of Kmarts? (at least they did in Green Bay) well they must have had every ride ever made from helicopters to frogs to horses to bulldozers to race cars to merry go rounds...you get the picture right? This was a blast for all of us! We can't forget to mention the cymbal clanging monkey and the fortune tellers! (have you seen that Wizards of Waverly Place episode? The kids did it want to try it! Ahh, the power of tv!) We all got smoked by Cousin I on the horse derby race and that is the one game I usually win on!!! Oh, the time passed quickly in the arcade!
Manitou Springs is known for their springs, duh! So we stopped at each spring for a taste of the waters. Quite a variety of tastes! And each spring was so different! Fun to picture people enjoying the springs in the olden days.
Dream on...but we found one old building that was for sale with rights to a spring. Wheels
began turning as we planned future business ideas! Ah, I'd only we won the lottery! We'd definitely have a home here in the Springs! Dream on!
geocaching...we only found one and it was the tiniest one so far! We have to do more
geocaching on this trip! The days are flying by! :(
MSFD: Manitou Springs Fire Department...Cousin I gave us the grand tour! We all tried on the fire gear and decided that firefighters have to be super strong and tough! We don't know how
they manage on all these tiny steep roads but they do!
A delicious cookout was enjoyed at my Aunt and Uncles home! Thanks guys!!! It was so nice to see Cousin G2 and his dog Chance and Cousin I and K. Lotsa laughs during dinner and good
memories! Even had an art lesson from Cousin I as the Wiscnosinites all learned how to make paintbrushes out of the yucca plant! Artist J1 even painted a
picture of Pikes Peak! Think she could sell that downtown?!! Make a few bucks for a t-shirt!! I think so!
Oh no, getting late, we should head back before dark to tackle that driveway again. Too late, this time we have a huge storm approaching! Then, just like that, the longest and largest lightning strike we've ever seen lights up across Pikes Peak! Scared the you know what out of us!! Then the rain comes, now we have wet roads on our adventure up the mountain!!! Believe it or not, but it only took us one time to get up to our house this time. But whenever our GPS says turn leet on Moussa Road the Froggy Five start to get tense! So even though we made it up there were still tears this time due to the lightning, the thunder, and the hard rain that was coming down! Make a run for it! No matter how fast we could run we were still drenched!!! Close the door and yay, we are home!!! Time to cozy up with some warm jammies and a glamour and play Phase 10. Another successful adventure!
Wrinkly Prunes!
Lunch in Buena Vista at Jan's Family Restaurant was the perfect spot for the 7 of us to recharge! Quaint and quiet!
Then, time for hot springing it part 2! This time it's the upper pool and the waterside! Special thanks to Cousin I taking J2 and J3 on the waterslide a billion times! And man, that was quite a hike up to the top! The setting is so gorgeous! You can't beat being in water on a hot day in the mountains! By the time we left the upper pool (only because it was closing) and took one last dip into the springs in Chalk Creek we were all wrinkly old prunes!!!!
Time to trek back to Manitou! The ride back seemed so much quicker and it was! Saw some antelope, deer, cattle, horses, hawks and a poor dead badger :( we loved the cow-horse and the 3 beautiful brown horses on the other side of the road flirting with her! Made for some good chuckles on the walkie talkies!!!! I can't express enough how much the 3J's loved the radio communication! That's my Cousin I: always thinking of cool stuff!
By the time we got back to our home base we were all exhausted, yet we still had to tackle the Driveway!!!!!! Guess what? It was now dark and getting up the driveway in the dark is a nightmare every time- more tears, more getting out of the car, and this time we had to remove the groceries from the trunk which we picked up on the way home from the springs!!! Yes, the groceries were weighing this dinky car down!!! Picture this: it's dark and the kids keep thinking a bear is going to attack us so add that onto of wheels spinning and it's chaos! Poor D needs an Advil every time we come home! See why we only leave once a day and if you forget something you are just plain out of luck!!
Then, time for hot springing it part 2! This time it's the upper pool and the waterside! Special thanks to Cousin I taking J2 and J3 on the waterslide a billion times! And man, that was quite a hike up to the top! The setting is so gorgeous! You can't beat being in water on a hot day in the mountains! By the time we left the upper pool (only because it was closing) and took one last dip into the springs in Chalk Creek we were all wrinkly old prunes!!!!
Time to trek back to Manitou! The ride back seemed so much quicker and it was! Saw some antelope, deer, cattle, horses, hawks and a poor dead badger :( we loved the cow-horse and the 3 beautiful brown horses on the other side of the road flirting with her! Made for some good chuckles on the walkie talkies!!!! I can't express enough how much the 3J's loved the radio communication! That's my Cousin I: always thinking of cool stuff!
By the time we got back to our home base we were all exhausted, yet we still had to tackle the Driveway!!!!!! Guess what? It was now dark and getting up the driveway in the dark is a nightmare every time- more tears, more getting out of the car, and this time we had to remove the groceries from the trunk which we picked up on the way home from the springs!!! Yes, the groceries were weighing this dinky car down!!! Picture this: it's dark and the kids keep thinking a bear is going to attack us so add that onto of wheels spinning and it's chaos! Poor D needs an Advil every time we come home! See why we only leave once a day and if you forget something you are just plain out of luck!!
Hot Springing It!
Bright and early on Monday, August 15th Cousin I and K meet us to head to Mt. Princeton Hot Springs! It's a gorgeous morning, blue skies and sunshine on the mountains! Cousin I brought his radios so we could walkie talkie back to each other alomg the way! It's about a 2 hour drive through ranches and mountains and curves and spectacular scenery! Had a quick view of Frog Rock! Potty stop at Wilkerson Pass to view the mountain range and get a peek at Mt. Princeton! At the Pass there was a visitor center where we got a close up view of lots of hummingbirds! What an amazing tiny creature! Before you know it we have arrived!
First stop, a Fish Hatchery! The kids marveled at the amount of rainbow trout! Each of us were given a giant bucket of fish food and went to town watching the trout scramble for food! Some of the fish even jumped clear out of the water!
Next stop: hot springs!!! The hot springs here are awesome! The best part about it is that you actually can lay in little pools in Chalk Creek! Chalk Creek is freezing but the hot springs are scalding! By moving around the rocks in the creek you can create your own happy medium. It is such a relaxing place as you lay in the hot water surrounded my mountain view and serenaded by the running water! peacefulness!!!!!
Lots of building and balancing with rocks as the kids (and adults) created rock sculptures and created dams to hold cold water back. We could have stayed here forever! And as the sign said, Natural Environment, Use Caution, we had to also do some rock climbing here! This place really is a dream come true.
Besides Chalk Creek there is a relaxation pool and other fun swimming pools.
Out of the blue, we had a close call with J1 as she almost passed out due to a combination of heat, high altitude, possible dehydration and who knows what? Thanks to our quick emergency response and her grabbing the table instead of falling on the concrete we saved J1! D had to carry her up to the car, feed her fluids and some food and within minutes she was fine. whew! Needless to say J1 has been drinking so much water now that we make many potty stops!!!
First stop, a Fish Hatchery! The kids marveled at the amount of rainbow trout! Each of us were given a giant bucket of fish food and went to town watching the trout scramble for food! Some of the fish even jumped clear out of the water!
Next stop: hot springs!!! The hot springs here are awesome! The best part about it is that you actually can lay in little pools in Chalk Creek! Chalk Creek is freezing but the hot springs are scalding! By moving around the rocks in the creek you can create your own happy medium. It is such a relaxing place as you lay in the hot water surrounded my mountain view and serenaded by the running water! peacefulness!!!!!
Lots of building and balancing with rocks as the kids (and adults) created rock sculptures and created dams to hold cold water back. We could have stayed here forever! And as the sign said, Natural Environment, Use Caution, we had to also do some rock climbing here! This place really is a dream come true.
Besides Chalk Creek there is a relaxation pool and other fun swimming pools.
Out of the blue, we had a close call with J1 as she almost passed out due to a combination of heat, high altitude, possible dehydration and who knows what? Thanks to our quick emergency response and her grabbing the table instead of falling on the concrete we saved J1! D had to carry her up to the car, feed her fluids and some food and within minutes she was fine. whew! Needless to say J1 has been drinking so much water now that we make many potty stops!!!
Crash!
Sunday, August 14th. Driving South from Denver was a breeze. Our first glimpses of the mountains! We are officially on the road!
First stop: FOOD! It wasn't even 10 a.m. CO time but we were starving! Guess that is what happens when you get up early...see usually back home in Wisconsin we are just rolling out of bed and eating breakfast at that time! (only in the summer that is!)
As soon as we had some nourishment we headed to Garden of the Gods. This has to be one of the most beautiful places in the world! A stop in the visitors center gave us a little history and interesting facts...we even found out one of the helpful volunteers was from WI! It's a small world because we parked next to a couple from Madison and we saw another WI family hiking!
Hiking through Garden of the Gods was amazing, challenging and exciting for all of us! The 3J's had a blast hiking off trail climbing and exploring. Add in the element of rattlesnake territory and it's watching every step!
Our list of license plates began and within a few hours we already found 30/50!!!! Amazing!
Time to "check-in" to our mountain rental home for the week. This can be nerve wracking. Will we find it easily (we brought the GPS)? Will the lock box work? Will the house be what we thought it would be? Well, we found it just fine though the mountain roads are extremely steep and scary........our driveway was a trip n a half!!!!! Put it this way: the kids were crying, I was freaked and we all jumped out and left D to fend for himself! Bye bye daddy :(
Ok, so now we have kids on a side of the mountain crying, a stuck crappy rental car, and now what? D wanted me to SIT on the hood of the car to weigh it down, no way not with the chance of the car slipping backwards???? Ah, ha, an idea! Take the luggage out of the trunk. Yes! So we lugged everything out "under our house"......and tadaaaa, after a bit of maneuvering it worked! The car is parked!!!!!!! Wipe away the tears, kids! Breathe, D!
On the other hand, our house is perfect!!!! It's a raised home shaped like an octagon. If you know us we like unique places to stay. This is similar to the spaceship we rent up north but much larger but it has that feel! The views from our home are beautiful! We're tucked in the base of Pikes Peak....if that gives you an idea of where we are. (Near the entrance to the Pikes Peak Highway and about 10 min from Manitou) Inside the home is every Child's dream loft with ladder which leads to a double bed for sleeping then to a catwalk to another secret loft! Huge picture windows look out into the mountains with 2 decks for relaxing. Everything about the home we loved....minus the driveway!
Unpack, then leave! On to our dinner date with the B family in Colorado Springs. How great to see the entire family and to be treated like royalty! Smoked chicken, corn on the cob, peach cobbler.......and more! It definitely was a royal welcome!
And we can't not mention my cousin G1's love of extreme sports and such! The 3J's were entertained and J1 even rode a dirt bike on her own! Go J1! My J boys were loving it as well!! My boys which are usually fairly quiet and shy, made friends easily with G1! And G1 gave the boys a talk about gun safety (even with those Nerf guns they have at home this will come in handy).
By the time we got back to our home it was quite late, we had been up since 4 am and we are ready to crash. Not that kind of crash, crash into bed! But first we have to not crash as we have to attempt that crazy driveway again!!!! Once again, tears are flowing and we take a running start and we almost make it, a few scary back-ups and forward again as we almost hit
the retaining wall, we are parked!!!! Wipe away the tears.....and CRASH!
Our
First stop: FOOD! It wasn't even 10 a.m. CO time but we were starving! Guess that is what happens when you get up early...see usually back home in Wisconsin we are just rolling out of bed and eating breakfast at that time! (only in the summer that is!)
As soon as we had some nourishment we headed to Garden of the Gods. This has to be one of the most beautiful places in the world! A stop in the visitors center gave us a little history and interesting facts...we even found out one of the helpful volunteers was from WI! It's a small world because we parked next to a couple from Madison and we saw another WI family hiking!
Hiking through Garden of the Gods was amazing, challenging and exciting for all of us! The 3J's had a blast hiking off trail climbing and exploring. Add in the element of rattlesnake territory and it's watching every step!
Our list of license plates began and within a few hours we already found 30/50!!!! Amazing!
Time to "check-in" to our mountain rental home for the week. This can be nerve wracking. Will we find it easily (we brought the GPS)? Will the lock box work? Will the house be what we thought it would be? Well, we found it just fine though the mountain roads are extremely steep and scary........our driveway was a trip n a half!!!!! Put it this way: the kids were crying, I was freaked and we all jumped out and left D to fend for himself! Bye bye daddy :(
Ok, so now we have kids on a side of the mountain crying, a stuck crappy rental car, and now what? D wanted me to SIT on the hood of the car to weigh it down, no way not with the chance of the car slipping backwards???? Ah, ha, an idea! Take the luggage out of the trunk. Yes! So we lugged everything out "under our house"......and tadaaaa, after a bit of maneuvering it worked! The car is parked!!!!!!! Wipe away the tears, kids! Breathe, D!
On the other hand, our house is perfect!!!! It's a raised home shaped like an octagon. If you know us we like unique places to stay. This is similar to the spaceship we rent up north but much larger but it has that feel! The views from our home are beautiful! We're tucked in the base of Pikes Peak....if that gives you an idea of where we are. (Near the entrance to the Pikes Peak Highway and about 10 min from Manitou) Inside the home is every Child's dream loft with ladder which leads to a double bed for sleeping then to a catwalk to another secret loft! Huge picture windows look out into the mountains with 2 decks for relaxing. Everything about the home we loved....minus the driveway!
Unpack, then leave! On to our dinner date with the B family in Colorado Springs. How great to see the entire family and to be treated like royalty! Smoked chicken, corn on the cob, peach cobbler.......and more! It definitely was a royal welcome!
And we can't not mention my cousin G1's love of extreme sports and such! The 3J's were entertained and J1 even rode a dirt bike on her own! Go J1! My J boys were loving it as well!! My boys which are usually fairly quiet and shy, made friends easily with G1! And G1 gave the boys a talk about gun safety (even with those Nerf guns they have at home this will come in handy).
By the time we got back to our home it was quite late, we had been up since 4 am and we are ready to crash. Not that kind of crash, crash into bed! But first we have to not crash as we have to attempt that crazy driveway again!!!! Once again, tears are flowing and we take a running start and we almost make it, a few scary back-ups and forward again as we almost hit
the retaining wall, we are parked!!!! Wipe away the tears.....and CRASH!
Our
Monday, August 15, 2011
Colorado Rocky Mountain High
It's Sunday, August 14th and Time for the annual Koel family vacation! Let's see, last year we ventured East on our 1st road trip so this year it was time to head West! Ever since I booked the flight I've been singin' with John Denver....and I'm still singing it :)
After 2 hours of sleep (J1 and I were at her pom competition weekend in Chicago till late Saturday night) we woke the kids up early to fly to Denver for our 6 a.m. Flight. Who thought a 6 a.m. Flight was a good idea. Oh, yeah, that was me :) Well, luckily our kids are troopers even though they are not early birds, they rolled out of bed without a problem and with sleepy eyes we headed to the airport!
Our adventure begins at the airport because every little part of an airport is intriguing to little boys! And adults too, especially if it's a vacation and not a business trip, right D?!? From the moving sidewalk, the luggage drop-offs and all the action outside as the workers loaded up the planes to the jets taking off and landing entertained us all! I have to say this was our easiest flight by far. The 3 J's are definitely getting older because they each rolled their own luggage which means that D and I didn't look like crazy bag people that could barely walk! And....we are down to bringing only one booster seat! Whew! Next comes one carry-on per person and we are traveling light! Easy schmeezy!
Flight was perfect! J3 and I took a walk to the bathroom for our "mini field trip" and in just over 2 hours we landed in Denver! All luggage was accounted for and rental car pick-up was smooth....... Let this adventure of The Froggy Five begin!
After 2 hours of sleep (J1 and I were at her pom competition weekend in Chicago till late Saturday night) we woke the kids up early to fly to Denver for our 6 a.m. Flight. Who thought a 6 a.m. Flight was a good idea. Oh, yeah, that was me :) Well, luckily our kids are troopers even though they are not early birds, they rolled out of bed without a problem and with sleepy eyes we headed to the airport!
Our adventure begins at the airport because every little part of an airport is intriguing to little boys! And adults too, especially if it's a vacation and not a business trip, right D?!? From the moving sidewalk, the luggage drop-offs and all the action outside as the workers loaded up the planes to the jets taking off and landing entertained us all! I have to say this was our easiest flight by far. The 3 J's are definitely getting older because they each rolled their own luggage which means that D and I didn't look like crazy bag people that could barely walk! And....we are down to bringing only one booster seat! Whew! Next comes one carry-on per person and we are traveling light! Easy schmeezy!
Flight was perfect! J3 and I took a walk to the bathroom for our "mini field trip" and in just over 2 hours we landed in Denver! All luggage was accounted for and rental car pick-up was smooth....... Let this adventure of The Froggy Five begin!
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