Finally, the Mile High City!!

More stormy, cloudy weather!

Just outside of Denver we were stuck in a major traffic jam.  We looked over to our left and there was a really, really long coal train with over 100 cars!  That was exciting for the boys.

Finally, we made it to Denver!!  Yippee!!  We had a great trip to the Mile High City, but were so glad to have arrived :o)

One happy passenger . . . . .

while I think somebody else was tired of riding!!  It was a long day!! 

The skyline of the city of Denver!!

Air Force Academy

A friend here had told me about the Air Force Academy

and I was so excited to see it

even if at the time we were just passing by! 

:o)

Ugly Weather

We ran into some ugly weather for a little bit . . . . .

but soon ran out of it after a little rain! 

School Canceled

Up north in the States they cancel school for snow days!  But here in Cayman school gets canceled when we have an abundance of rain because of flooding.  Today was to be the first full day of school, but during the night hours and early morning we had some major downpours.  The property here at the compound was under water at several places.  The bus drivers left for their usual routes, but talked to the Principal while they were out and said the roads were very, very bad.  So much for the anticipation and/or apprehension some of the students might of had :o)  Hopefully tomorrow the weather will be better and we'll get back to business!  Haha!!  I was back and forth to my office while trying to bake cookies here at home for the students lunch tomorrow.  That's been a long process to finish them up.  I'm just about finished with that for this time!

In the Middle Of Nowhere ~ Really

Yes, as you can see these were in the middle of nowhere!!

Important People and Things

Someone peeking between the seat and head rest :o)

Every little boys likes trains

Speaking of little boys this one just kept peeking around the seat at me

 

And there's the big brother

Caden loves John Deere tractors!!  In fact, his bedroom is done with them including his sheets and comforter.

Finally ~ Colorado

Closer to our destination ~ Denver

As we were driving along pretty high up a mountain, we drove past a pull~off area!  I asked Brett to turn around and go back thus we did.  It was a nice place for the boys (and everyone else) to get out and stretch their legs.

 

We saw this sign and it drew our interest!

And out in front of us was this breath taking view!!  The picture doesn't begin to do justice to this beautiful place!!

After zooming out the lens

These people were there, too :o)

There were tons of grasshopper's there that Brett was trying to catch for the boys

Our rental van

Checking out grasshopper's

I love this picture!!

And this one, too!

Wildflowers

Back to the grasshopper's :o) 

Jordan even found a pinecone

Showing his Grammy

Another sign that spiked our interest.  I want to call and ask about these two pieces of property!  Would be awful nice for the guys to go hunting there!!

After spending quite a bit of time at the little pull~off area, we headed on toward Denver.  We kept seeing these contraptions and I finally figured out that they were little shelters that had a picnic area underneath!  Pretty cool!!

Another Pretty View

El Vado Dam

As we were driving along the gravel road, we went down a slight incline and you could see this large body of water.  Finally, we came upon this sign again in the middle of nowhere!

 

The concrete wall of the dam

Oh, what a view it was!!

Out the opposite side of the van

The little spot in the lake is a boat

 

When I saw these jet~ski's I started having flashback's of falling off one into the Sea here in Cayman :o)))

What a beautiful and nice surprise it was when we came upon the dam!