Oh Colorado!

Chip, Fiona and I finally made it to Chip's favorite place on earth: Colorado. It truly became heaven for me. I've never seen anything so beautiful in my life. As I'm writing this post, the entire state is on fire and near the places we visited. Saying lots of prayers.

So we decided to make the big drive with a 1 year old . . . and it wasn't at all as bad as I expected! It's like she knew we were on vacation. Fiona saw cliff dwellings, a cave, mountains galore, a gorge and we even got to see some of Chip's friends which was the real highlight. We felt like that was where we belonged. I hope so one day . . . 

We left at 3am! Nothing like early morning driving!

Fiona eating breakfast at the Big Texan in Amarillo

Our view at breakfast!

Hello Colorado Springs!

View from our hotel room of the Garden of the Gods!

Family Hike!

Fiona in front of a natural spring water fountain

Mommy and Fiona enjoying some fizzy natural spring water

Cliff Dwellings! 

Driving to the top of Pike's Peak

Almost there!

View from the top!

Mountain Rodent

Heaven. I want to live here.

Eisenhower Tunnel

Fiona walking around Daddy's College Campus

Beer tour

Last breakfast in Denver at the most amazing Vegan restaurant

On the Royal Gorge Bridge

First carousel ride!

First train ride!

We stopped at this little mountain town for gas and met a man from Fort Worth who retired here. He is my hero.