Monday, July 10, 2006
A relaxing day
We had a great day today. After a good breakfast of honeydew melon, fried eggs and hashbrowns, we biked to the stables in the park and went for an hour horseback ride (which we had scheduled a couple of months ago). We knew Kelly was very nervous (and that Jessie was really looking forward to it), but we hoped for the best. Kelly got on the horse, but really fell apart because she was so scared. So she decided to stay behind while the rest of us went for the ride. Jessica was on “Scout” who was very docile and was being led by our guide. Kate was on “Dakota” and she really had to learn how to control a horse because Dakota wanted to stop and eat all the time. I was proud of her. It took a little while, but she got the hang of pulling up the reins, steering and kicking him to get him started. We had a very positive experience (except for Kelly).
I went on a 6 mile mountain bike ride on some of the trails here in Mueller. There are numerous trails that allow bikes and I really enjoyed it. I was happy to see that my legs still worked, but my lungs were really working both because we’re at 9,500 feet and because I’ve basically been a couch potato the past couple of weeks.
Here are some pictures from beautiful Mueller State Park.
We had planned to go to the Olympic Training Center in the afternoon, but the weather was really nice, so we decided to just stay at camp. This was really the only day this week or next that we’ve had or will have the opportunity to do that. The girls made friends with a girl a few campsites away (A.J.), Kelly and I went on a short mountain bike ride (her first ever), we all took showers, I dumped and filled the motorhome, and we sat in the sun and read.
We made chili for dinner, watched a big hail storm around 6:00, had a nice campfire, and Patty and I stayed up by the fire and chatted, which we haven’t had the opportunity to do this whole trip. J
Tomorrow we’ll start early, drive to Garden of the Gods, have breakfast and then drive to Rifle Falls State Park. Tomorrow is the beginning of our return home, having now gone as far east as we will go. In fact after tomorrow, we’re basically just doing big driving days to get to Reno in time for Frank and Carol’s wedding.
I went on a 6 mile mountain bike ride on some of the trails here in Mueller. There are numerous trails that allow bikes and I really enjoyed it. I was happy to see that my legs still worked, but my lungs were really working both because we’re at 9,500 feet and because I’ve basically been a couch potato the past couple of weeks.
Here are some pictures from beautiful Mueller State Park.
We had planned to go to the Olympic Training Center in the afternoon, but the weather was really nice, so we decided to just stay at camp. This was really the only day this week or next that we’ve had or will have the opportunity to do that. The girls made friends with a girl a few campsites away (A.J.), Kelly and I went on a short mountain bike ride (her first ever), we all took showers, I dumped and filled the motorhome, and we sat in the sun and read.
We made chili for dinner, watched a big hail storm around 6:00, had a nice campfire, and Patty and I stayed up by the fire and chatted, which we haven’t had the opportunity to do this whole trip. J
Tomorrow we’ll start early, drive to Garden of the Gods, have breakfast and then drive to Rifle Falls State Park. Tomorrow is the beginning of our return home, having now gone as far east as we will go. In fact after tomorrow, we’re basically just doing big driving days to get to Reno in time for Frank and Carol’s wedding.
# posted by Craig @ 7:19 PM 
