Sunday, May 20, 2012    

Como 2008

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Every year we make a trek up to some private land in Como, CO. The tradition is that we go on Memorial and Labor Day weekend, but this year the snow kept us from getting there over Memorial so we pushed the trip to this past weekend. I must admit it was much warmer (day and night), but that’s not to say it didn’t have a few new wrinkles (see the last photo).

We always have fun with family and friends. The view is unbelievable and the fishing is usually out of this world (I caught 9 trout this year). The weekend typically includes poker, s’mores, rides on a recreational vehicle of some kind (this year it was a motorcycle thanks to my buddy Justin), working on the pond (see photos), and just taking it easy by the fire. This year was no exception…we had two new couples/families and had a great time. We missed some of the “old guard” (i.e.: Bill & Cindy and Larry & Shelley) but we are truly blessed to be able to use this pristine land and just get away from it all for a few days. If you’d like to join us just drop me a line…the more the merrier!

Here are some of the more memorable photos from the weekend…

Camp 
The Busy Campsite

View 
The Amazing View!

Fire 
Some of the Gang hanging out by the fire.

Paul 
Paul chilling out with some camp coffee
(not sure what the one glove thing was about?)

Fight 
Food Fight!

Kids 
Don’t they look like they love each other?

Couple 
Does it get any better than this?

Sleeping 
Logan & Kyle getting some good sleep.

Beavers 
Beavers have nothing on us man!
(Of course this broke about 2 hours later…but we’ll fix that)

Hail 
Just as we were getting packed up to leave this hail storm pounded
us for about 5-8 minutes. That was a new one for us…now we’ve seen it all!

Change of Plans: Royal Gorge

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Our plans changed a bit this past weekend. Memorial Weekend is our annual camping trip to Como, CO. I think we’ve been going there for the past 5 years or so (Anita will correct me if I’m off one or two). We were all set for this year’s trip, we were in the middle of preparations on Friday night, when we got a call that informed us that the road to the campsite was covered with snow and wasn’t passable. A serious change of plans was in store for our weekend.

So what did we do? We improvised of course. Friday night was spent just trying to figure it out and get over the disappointment of a lost camping trip. Saturday we spent the afternoon with everyone who was going camping (as well as a few that weren’t) and barbecued at Paul & Leslie Foster’s house…followed by a couple poker games of course (and yes, Anita won one of them).

Sunday and Monday we headed down to my Granparent’s house in Cañon City. They spoiled us rotten and took us to the Royal Gorge on Monday afternoon. The weather was good and we had a great time. Not bad for a sudden change of plans. Here are a few pictures from the trip down south. Don’t miss the video at the end (Lindsay’s favorite part of the weekend I think).

Canon City House 
My Grandparent’s Victorian House in Cañon City, CO 

GG-Ma and GG-Pa 
My Grandparents (Ross & Charlotte) posing with the kids.

Family at the Gorge 
The beginning of the Royal Gorge afternoon.

Carousel 
Lindsay, Logan & Kyle riding the carousel.

Family and Bridge 
A great view of the world’s highest suspension bridge.

Wildlife 
A little ”wildlife” (the Elk in the background too).

Petting Zoo  
Who doesn’t love a petting zoo?

Air Tram 
The Air Tram across the Gorge…did I mention I hate heights?

Skycoaster 
A little perspective for the video.
This is the Royal Gorge Skycoaster from across the Gorge.
It’s the same ride as at Elitches, but swings out over the Gorge!!

Here’s the video of Lindsay and me riding the Royal Gorge Skycoaster. We both kind of talked each other into it, but I was impressed that Lindsay went through with it (although she wanted to back out a few times). You’ll note in the video that she is the one that pulls the rip cord. The video doesn’t really do the ride justice…it swings you out over the canyon…an awesome experience…and one that I got to share with Lindsay!!

 

If you can’t see the video above, click here to see it on YouTube.

All in all a great weekend salvaged from what I thought was going to be a bummer!! You just can’t go wrong spending time with family and friends. A memorable Memorial Weekend…one for the memory banks.