Had a great time in Boston and Colorado visiting with family!!! We started our trip in Boston visiting Marie and Tim. The weather was absolutely perfect only raining maybe for one day while we were there. We spent time playing at the neighborhood park, seeing some of the historic sites, birding in the garden, visiting the Children's Museum, exploring Cape Cod for a few days, checking out the New England Aquarium, and lots of site seeing and more birding.
The Cape was absolutely gorgeous. We traveled in Tim's brand new truck which was very smooth. Zia spent time birding with Tim, while Marie, Ryden, and I spent mornings on the beach searching for sea creatures, such as sand fleas, crabs, and sand crabs (mole crabs). Our trip to Boston was way too short, we would have loved to have stayed longer. Zia managed to get 20 new life bird's putting her total over 500!!! Thank you Tim and Marie for such an awesome visit.
Then off to Colorado to visit Jon, Maria, Kai, and Maile. The weather again was nice with only a couple cold days. We got to watch Kai perform in a school band concert and play in a marching band for the local Halloween parade. He sounded great!! We did quite a bit walking and hiking around despite Maile's knee injury. We visited Rocky Mountain National Park for a short hike around Lilly Lake and elk viewing in Estes Park at the golf course. She sure was a trooper traveling everywhere on crutches. We also went to the Children's Museum in Denver, making sure to keep our hands well sanitized. Probably one of Ryden's favorite highlights was going trick or treating with Maile, Maria, Kai, their neighbor Kylie, and I. Although his costume was a couple sizes too small, it didn't seem to slow him down. Thank you Jon, Maria, Kai, and Maile for such a spectacular visit. Wish we could have stayed there longer too. Miss you all already and hope to see you again soon!!!!
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| Weary traveler taking a nap on the way to Boston |
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| Playing with stones at Edgerly Rd. Playground around the corner from Tim and Maries |
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| More playing |
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| Waiting for the T at Symphony Park on the way to the Children's museum |
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| Still waiting |
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| Walking to the museum past the Boston Tea Party ship |
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| Plating with seagulls outside museum |
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| Testing out balls |
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| Using weights and gravity to launch ball |
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| Playing with water |
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| Building structures |
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| Construction worker Ryden |
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| Walk home from the museum through the Boston Commons |
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| Make way for the Ducklings statue |
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| Statue of Washington in the Commons |
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| Ryden and Steve the famous albino squirrel of the Commons |
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| Shopping break at Muji |
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| Sighteseeing around Boston |
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| Statue of Paul Revere |
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| Zia outside Paul Revere's house |
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| Playing piano with Aunt Marie |
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| Playing in park before headed to the cape |
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| Finding salamanders at Barnstab;e Mass Audubon Great Marsh |
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| Birding and picking up ticks at the Great Marsh |
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| First day on the beach searching for sea creatures |
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| playing with seaweed |
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| Making castles in the sand |
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| Tim in his brand new truck!!!!!! |
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| Taking heed of the shark warning |
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| hiding in the grass |
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| more beach play |
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| Birdwatching and sunset viewing |
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| finding sea creatures of sand fleas and mole crabs |
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| Enjoying the Halloween decorations in Provincetown |
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| Enjoying another sunset at the beach |
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| Sunset walk |
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| Birding on the cape |
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| Enjoying the sunset |
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| Finding a rare scissor tailed flycatcher at Highland Lighthouse |
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| Ramen dinner. Yum!! |
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| Waiting for dinner |
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| Grabbing a quick bite before heading to the Aquarium |
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| Quick run through the aquarium |
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| Posing with the seal statue |
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| Playing at playground in Chinatown |
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| Little climber |
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| Last day reading with Aunt Marie |
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| On the way to Colorado |
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| Just another plane trip |
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| Short walk through Rogers Grove Park |
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| Hike up Hall Ranch on antelope trail in the snow with our best cold faces |
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| Top of the trail |
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| Ryden trying on his costume for the first time |
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| Cousin Kai getting ready for his concert performance |
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| Prairie dog watching at Macintosh Lake |
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| Macintosh Lake walk |
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| Getting ready for the Longmont Halloween Parade |
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| Uncle Jon Trex wrestling baby trex |
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| Parade viewing |
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| Cousin Kai playing in the parade |
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| More parade up close viewing |
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| Grabbing a bite to eat at the cheese factory after the parade |
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| Goofing around |
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| Cousin play |
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| Hike at Lilly Lake in Rocky mountain National Park |
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| Lilly Lake |
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| Water play |
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| Lilly Lake boardwalk |
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| Elk viewing at Estes Park golf course |
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| Breakfast at Luciles |
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| Fire Chief Ryden at the Denver Children's Museum |
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| Cousin Kai testing out the fire pole |
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| Uncle Jon taking a break |
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| Making sure we are all well sanitized. |
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| Uncle Jon constructing dinosaur |
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| sawing pieces for the dinosaur |
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| Uncle Jon in a bubble |
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| Taking a break while Ryden plays |
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| Water play |
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| Outside the museum |
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| Getting ready for trick or treating |
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| Just about ready |
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| Candy!!!! |
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| Saying goodbyes at the airport |
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| Quick bite before boarding |
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