Aliviah Grace

We’ve made it to Colorado and are so far in love. The weather is great, the sites are gorgeous, and we’ve got a great house waiting for us. We’ve been doing a little sight seeing and have found some pretty cool places. Yesterday we went to the zoo. The chipmunks run around free and fearless. The best thing we saw was a mountain lion trying to catch a little Alvin. That poor chipmunk escaped right at the last minute! Today we packed a lunch and headed to the Garden of the Gods.  They are amazing red rock formations. It was all fun and games until a very close lightning and thunder clap scared Aliviah half to death. Then the massive downpour started. We had to walk half a mile to the truck with Aliviah screaming the whole way. After we made it safe and sound, we headed to Wal-Mart for an umbrella. The day was still young and the rain had let up by the time we had decided between the Dora or Spongebob umbrella. (An obnoxious Spongebob won out by the way). Our GPS then got us very lost up a very high mountian with no guardrails. After the truck stopped overheating and I opened my eyes, we made our way to Seven Falls. Unlike the Mohican trail to that waterfall, this was a REAL waterfall, not just a trickle. It’s called Seven Falls….because there’s seven waterfalls. I know, National Parks with their crazy names! You had the option to walk up a hundred steps to the observation deck or take the Mountain Elevator. Bet you can’t guess what we did. From the observation deck, Andrew noticed another set of steps that led up beside the falls. This set was 224 steps. That’s metal steps, with no backing, straight up the side of a mountain. Andrew threw Aliviah up on his shoulders and we started our trek. I made it 10 steps, looked down, and had a mini panic attack. Andrew and Aliviah made it all the way to the top! With Aliviah on Andrew’s shoulders! He said the way down was a tad more difficult, not being able to see the stairs and all. Now we’re winding down a great day with some good tv and even better pizza. What fun should we get into tomorrow?

There’s a ton of pictures in the gallery. I’m not sure why they are out of order but I’ll try to fix it.