Happy (a few days post) 4th of July! We celebrated by going up to Silverton, where Maggie had been invited to be a part of the parade. She got to ride on "the tank" for half the route and then walked in the color guard for the second half. She felt very special!
One of the highlights of the parade is always the last entry -- the fire trucks. They turn on their hoses and spritz (or deluge) the crowd as they pass. Tessa wasn't too sure about that part, but she liked all the candy and necklaces that people threw at her. We stayed over for the fireworks. Both girls stayed up until close to 10 so as not to miss the spectacle. And it was spectacular! They put on a huge show, and it is echo-y and boom-bastic in that mountain bowl, let me tell you. So of course both girls fell asleep in the middle. Don't ask me; I don't know what kind of children I'm raising either.
On our way home we stopped by Andrew Lake and walked around a bit. We live in the mountains! Sometimes it's still hard to believe we actually live in the mountains.
Then on Monday we drove up to Black Bear Pass and hiked halfway to Telluride. It's steep and it's high, but boy-o is it beautiful!
Obviously you can't have had as good a holiday weekend as we did, but we hope you had fun however you chose to celebrate, kick back, and bliss out!
