Friday, June 28, 2013

Graduation, Griswald camping, and the Royal Gorge

I know my first post (My Dream Vacation) about this vacation sounds a little depressing.  I just wanted to let you know our vacation was not exactly perfect.  We took those first problems in stride though and moved on.

So Matthew's Graduation turned out to be beautiful.  My boys were tired and Miles fell asleep.  It was very late for them.  The sun set behind us over the snow capped rockies and the moon rose in front of us.

Tailgating Before Graduation!

That kid smiling..he is not my nephew.. my nephew is a little kid and there is no way he could be graduating
There.. that is better.. This is my nephew..
Wait? Who is this beauty? Not my baby! 
Yep. this is her...
Denver Kuemmerles 
We drove our RV right up to the front of Charles and Kelly's house and like true Griswalds Kuemmerles, we spent the night there.  I am sure their HOA LOVED that!

The next day, the entire family (minus Kelly's mom who was not feeling well) took off to the Royal Gorge Bridge. From Wikipedia, "The Royal Gorge Bridge is a tourist attraction near Cañon City, Colorado, within a 360-acre (150 ha) theme park. The bridge deck crosses the Royal Gorge 955 feet (291 m) above the Arkansas River,[2] and held the record of highest bridge in the world from 1929 until 2001, when it was surpassed by the Liuguanghe Bridge in China." Unfortunately, this place is now closed due to the massive forest fire that has hit this area just weeks after we were there.
Nan and Natalie playing cards on the way to the Gorge


Miles with his Godfather Matthew


Walking the bridge


Our first adventure
Beautiful! 


This was just the beginning of our trip and I can't believe how much fun we were already having!


More adventures to come!

2 comments:

Heather said...

Awesome! Good to see these pictures! Can't wait to see more. Heather

Kristenia said...

Wow. I see miles in the young photo of your niece.