With all of the rain we have been having, Saturday was no different and clouds and rain rolled in for the afternoon. We hung out around the house, with Chris and Kevin going over wiring and such for Kevin's new house.
You can see that Amy comes by her ability to sleep soundly anywhere naturally.
We enjoyed another quiet day around the house on Sunday with even more rain. Fortunately Monday--Memorial Day--dawned bright and dry. Not dry enough for Chris and Kevin to go mountain biking with all of the wet trails, but dry enough for us to spend the day in Estes and Rocky Mountain National Park. Misha was coming down with something, had a really sore throat, and stayed home to rest for the day.
We saw lots of wildlife throughout the day with Kevin being the first to spot a small herd of deer.
We stopped at the Alluvial Fan, or what was left of the site. It had been destroyed in the floods of 2013. That would have been a tremendous sight to witness.
Even though Trail Ridge Road was still closed due to snow, we drove up as far as we could to check out the road, the view, and the snow.
Chris and Kevin have such a great relationship and truly enjoy any time they get to spend together. They are both insanely busy and successful, and any time they get to spend together is therapy. I kind of take a step back and just let them enjoy each other.
Kristen took a few pictures of me.
As we were driving back down the mountain road, we passed a family getting ready to hike up a snow-packed hill and then snowboard down. They had American flags and shouted "God Bless America" as we slowed to take a picture.
We hiked to Alberta Falls. It was a pretty wet and muddy hike with snow still covering some of the trails. Amy wasn't feeling great so she stopped along the way and rested in the sunshine while the rest of us continued. A word of advice about Amy: if she gets unnaturally crabby, loses steam, and complains, feed her. She needs to eat regularly. Kind of gets that from me.
Tuesday morning was another beautiful morning. Chris and Kevin kayaked the river. Getting the kayaks out of the container was challenging though with all of the mud on our beach.
They decided to bring the kayaks up to the house until the ground at the beach dried out a bit. Kevin got a little hooked on Max (our four-wheeler). Two boys and some toys!
Kevin took this fabulous picture of our house while we were walking around the lake Sunday afternoon.
