road trip

We took a road trip yesterday. Wasn't planning on it, but it happened anyway and was a really fun day!

The day started off a bit silly...

B thought it was hilarious to wear Josh's socks instead of pants. What a dork. But it made us laugh, hard!!

Then we went up to do a family session for some new people in town. Josh teaches with the dad...

Then we headed up the mountain to visit Aspen Alley. Last year, we missed the gold trees. We went the weekend after Labor Day and it had already snowed and there was not one single leaf on any of the trees. This year, they were still GREEN. We'll have to see if we can find another day to drive up there.

By the time we were done at Aspen Alley, it had started raining. Hard. And the fog was thick.

Right before we made it back to Encampment, we decided to drive down to Hog Park Reservoir since neither of us has been there. On the way, there was a sign that read, "Steamboat Springs, CO- 68 miles". We had diapers and lunch, we were set, so we decided to continue, on the dirt road, to Steamboat! It took 2 hours since most of it was dirt road, but it was a fun drive. Coming off the dirt road and onto the highway, we got to see some pretty amazing houses. In Steamboat, we parked on one end of downtown and walked down one side of the street and back up the other, shopping in all the stores that were having sales. It was crowded down there! We also passed this gas station, which was out of business. You can tell how long it's been out of service:

We wanted to eat dinner at Beau Jo's Pizza, but it didn't open until 5:00. So we found a park for B to play at and for Josh to read the paper:

Steamboat is sure in pretty country. I have never been there before. So it was a good road trip to take! Here's the view leaving Steamboat and the Yampa Valley, along with the pretty setting sun on the mountains on our way home.