Castlewood Canyon, CO

So on 8-31, we flew across two time zones to spend two weeks in Parker, CO, at Grammy Sharon's. Aunt Manda flew with Mommy and the twins, and soon after arrival, we visited Castlewood Canyon State Park. Don't know how anyone can look at the creek and rocks and plants and trees and NOT want to climb and wade and explore! Heaven. Mommy's idea of fun!

Aunt Manda and Gracie at an overlook.

Wading into Cherry Creek. Chance gave Mommy a flower when he bravely entered the Creek.

The four of us wading in the creek--same pic: one far away and one cropped close-up. So proud of Gracie for coming in too! In the far-away shot, you can see a person standing in the creek behind us. We decided to investigate and waded down the creek (yes, the twins too--Mommy and Aunt Manda carried 'em through the deeper places). We we found 3 kids, with their grandfather, fishing for crawdads.

Mommy held Gracie up to see one (taken with Aunt Manda's camera phone). Can't wait to go back again when the twins are a bit older and catch our own batch of crawdads--to release afterward. 'Course Daddy says he ate a crawdad barely cooked over a campfire when he was on Canoe Trail week at Lutheridge--maybe we'll try cooking one and eating it . . . or not.

Surprisingly, the twins hiked the whole way up the trail (kinda steep!) by themselves--Mommy didn't think they would have enough energy to do so. On the way up, we stopped to rest inside this refreshingly-cool little cave (pics also taken with camera phone).

At the top of the trail, a pic with Uncle Sam and Grammy Sharon (camera phone).

A short video of the twins' amazing hike up from the creek (camera phone again). Uncle Sam and Chance lead the way, and Mommy walks Bovril on his leash.