Royal Gorge

The Royal Gorge was a fun family day out. Something for everyone. There was an aerial tramway over the gorge, a crazy steep incline railway, a miniature railway, a carousel, an old west town, burro rides, wagon rides, a petting zoo, etc etc etc. Not to mention the views.

Kel loved "driving" an old miniature train engine near the railway.










We're not sure how we warped into 2011 for this particular part of our journey, but you'd hardly have noticed that it was a whole different year for the day. (click the photo to enlarge if you don't get it)





Kel rides Priscilla.







Nic holding Kel up to the "looker". So that he could look across the gorge and tell us about the "lookers" on the other side. Forget the view.





Standing above the old west town where we saw a real shoot-out on main street. Coveted blue trolley in the background.





Some photos of the scenic railway. We like trains.









The crazy steep incline railway. Lots of fun.

Pueblo

Our first stop in Pueblo was the river walk. Which, rather ironically, was mostly closed to foot traffic due to construction. So we decided to take the boat tour of the river walk and found out that we hadn't missed much. It was a pretty little stop in the historic downtown district, but nothing to rival Austin (upon which it was apparently based -- in as much as there was water there, perhaps).

Kel and Nic posing by a scenic water feature along the river walk.








Kel with the river behind him.






We also spent an afternoon at the Pueblo zoo.











These penguins were so funny. They could see you through the glass and would chase back and forth after you, playing penguin games.






How far can Kel jump? For the record, not very.







Outside of the zoo, there was a special event that day where the kids could look at police cars, fire trucks, swat vehicles, etc. Here's Kel in a Pueblo fire engine.






He was also quite taken with the helicopter. This was an army display maybe? Or National Guard?








Outside of the bull riding offices in downtown Pueblo. Yes, there are such offices. For bull riders. Hey, its a real job. Apparently.








Some flowers with an old Pueblo street behind.

Out on the lake

We spent a lovely Saturday afternoon recently getting completely fried in the sun while out on the boat with Nolan and the kids.




The three amigos: Kel, Addison, and Maddox.





Silly little Zip was along for the ride too. Kel was trying to pose with him for a photo. Zip didn't want to be still!




And here's the front view of Zip not wanting to be still.





Nolan, our fearless captain.



And his first mate.




At the end of the day, the sun and the excitement take their toll.




Kel and Addison crashed out.

End of school year show

Finally catching up on photos. Until I get to the Colorado trip batch. For now, here are a few photos from the Extended Day class's end of year show at Montessori Children's House.

Kel was Mars in their planet skit. This is his Mars shirt. Designed and created all by himself.






Connor, Kel, and Tre.





Evan, Connor, Kel, Tre, and Tori.




Julian, Nihar, Anna, Harry, Maddox, Evan, Connor, Kel, and Tre. Missing Cedric off to the far left and Tori off to the far right. Trying to snap quickly before they moved!