Our Road Trip...

Morgan and I took a road trip with my parents to Colorado for ten days. I remember growing up taking road trips to Colorado...but never one that was as long as this one!! My dad REALLY took the scenic route this time! Besides the LONG drive there and back the trip was GREAT!

Our first stop was to the Four Corners...I had been as a child, so I wanted Morgan to go at least once in her lifetime as well.

There was construction going on as we were there. Everything was re-done and much nicer than I remember!

We took A LOT of pit stops....

One of our stops included a visit with one of my high school friends, Misty! It was so great to see her!

Our next stop was Ouray, Colorado. This is were we stayed on Friday night. Home of many natural hot springs. The hotel we stayed at had a pool that was the hot springs...it was 52 degrees outside and 101 degrees in the pool...WONDERFUL!!

Next stop...Colorado Springs....

We visited family, celebrated my Aunt's 50th birthday, and PLAYED!!

We took a trip to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

The Giraffe's were Morgan's favorite!

We also took a ride on The Royal Gorge Railway...that was breathtaking!

The bridge you see in the photo is a suspension bridge...they also have a cable car ride that goes over the top of the gorge...SCARY!!

Morgan got a hair cut and sat so good for it!

We visited The Abbey, which was a former Catholic Monastery for Monks in the Order of St. Benedict from 1924-2005. Amazing architecture.

Once again our ride home consisted of many stops and scenic views...one of the best was our Moose encounter.

Our final stop was in Durango, Colorado where we stayed at the Strater Hotel. This hotel was built in the 1800's and for some reason I got a creepy vibe from it...the stay was great and it was clean....just OLD!

Right behind the hotel was the railroad station, so we got the see the train.

This train still runs from Durango to Silverton for tourists to sight see along the way!

Our trip was a wonderful one...next time I prefer to fly!!