Colorado Road Trip, Day 3

On the third day of our Griswald family vacation, we went back to Garden of the Gods for the morning and then waited on the rest of Matt’s family to arrive. After they arrived, we took them to Helen Hunt Falls where we all hiked, back to GotG, and then out to eat at Fargo’s Restaurant. This restaurant was highly recommended to us by a variety of friends. I’ll just say that I don’t necessarily recommend it for a party of 25 people consisting mostly of small (tired) children or their road weary (tired) parents. It was fun, but would have likely been more enjoyable for all in a smaller group. Anyway….

Pictures from Day 3 (click on any photo to enlarge):

: Back at Garden of the Gods

: Kissing Camels 🙂

: “Signature Rock”

: Drawing hearts and smiley faces

: One of my absolute favorite pictures. Of all time.

: “Cathedral Spires” (I think)

: “The Three Graces”

: Next up – The Olympic Training Center

: The Gymnasium

: The “Shoosting” Center

: I know a couple who would have thought this was really cool.

: Watching the “shoosters”

: She was kind of worried about this guy….

: Amazing Awaits! 🙂

: It was really windy! This tree appears to have just been snapped off!

: And this right here is why it was dubbed our “Griswald style family vacation”.

: And this….

: And this….if I had parked my Sequoia next to it, you would see that the cabin is not much bigger than the SUV.

: Our luxurious accomodations. For six. (Taken from the front door.)

: Cozy! (Taken with my back pressed against the back wall.)

: Back to Helen Hunt Falls!

: The Whole Family (minus 5; well, 6 if you count Heather, who was holding the camera)

: Us

: Just Us

: Mr. McSteamy 🙂

: And *back* at Garden of the Gods!

Next week – Day 4 and the drive home!

If you have followed me to WP from Xanga, would you mind telling me what you think of the photo layouts over here? Do you like the slide shows that I did a couple of times this week? Or the gallery of today? Or do you prefer how I used to line them all down the post, list-like? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

2 thoughts on “Colorado Road Trip, Day 3”

My 2 cents is I like the slide show or the list. The pictures in the photo gallery are smaller and harder to really see. And I had to make a comment on the ‘obey your children in the north’. That’s obviously my problem – we are much too far south for the kids to obey!