Spring Break ‘11

We got to spend this year’s spring break in Darrin’s and my most favorite place on earth…that would be Colorado.  Darrin’s uncle has a completely gorgeous ranch just outside of Alamosa and we were lucky enough to get to spend the week in his guest house.  The kids LOVED the horses and everything about this vacation.  No tv or cell phone service and we all survived and didn’t even miss it.

 

BEAUTIFUL…

Little man LOVED feeding those horses…

These next 2 are for my ‘Twilight’ loving friends…NOT joking, this dog is part WOLF!  Yes, you heard me.  There is a man who live close to Wayne and Nancy that breeds them.  He was so gentle…and gorgeous!….

It wasn’t ALL perfect…and beautiful…and gorgeous…and happy family…

Riding horses with Wayne…

Feeding the fish in the pond with Nancy…

There were deer everywhere…EVERYWHERE!!!!  Herds and herds….

We went to the sand dunes on just about the windiest day we could have.  They are completely amazing.  You could see them off of Wayne and Nancy’s land and everyday, because of the winds, they would look different…simply amazing…

Those little ‘specs’ are people hiking the dunes…WOW!…

When I was 8 years old, I learned how to snow ski in this little mountain town.  The small lift is still there but no longer running.  This was pretty much the only shop open.  

The rock formations outside Cuchara are incredible….

We went to a crocodile farm…evidently a huge tourist attraction for southern Colorado.  It was horrible and I will never take my kids to it again.  We could have renewed our zoo membership to our beautiful, well kept, humane zoo for the price we paid for the 5 of us to go.  I’ll sum it up – there was a dead goose at the entry gate that no worker was planning on cleaning up, my 3 kids got to walk past a worker skinning a crocodile, it was freezing cold outside (snowing actually) and there were tons  of animals left outside…. Aren’t crocs warm, humid weather animals?… and there was trash in cages.  Just not a big fan of the croc farm…

And did I mention there were deer everywhere?  Yep, even in people’s front yards.  It was crazy! 

We had such a great time!  The kids and I had never met Wayne and Nancy before and they just couldn’t have been more gracious.  They never had kids of their own but you would never know it by how great they were with ours.  Thanks Wayne and Nancy!!!