On this day (June 1st) in 1996, Verna and I were married. That is the whole point of this trip - to celebrate our 10 year wedding aniversary. That is why we left the kids with the grandparents. He we are traveling around together like our past trips to Jamica, Europe, Chicago, Flint Hills of Kansas, Florida and we realized that not much has changed - our spirits are still the same, maybe a little older. Then I think of our more recent trips that we've had with our kids to Seattle, Arkansas, and through the Ozarks of Missouri, and realize that not much has changed with the addition of a couple of small travellers. Forrest and Vernal are still doing the same things we love to do and the kids get to come along for the ride. Our spirit is still in tact and not worn down or given over to and isolated compartment called parenthood.
It's hard to believe that 10 years flew by so quickly. We were 22 when we got married.
Back to our trip:
After spending the last few days driving to different destinations around the area, we decided to stay in the area. We were going to take it easy, with no plans. We did whatever popped into our head. Today was our day to lazy or adventurous - whatever we felt like. That was our attitude.
We had a slow morning, and then decided to go for a bike ride. We figured with all the amazing bike paths (recpath), it would be a good way to take in some of the views with a bit of thrill. We rented our bikes on the east side of Dillion Lake. We set out to take a 3 hour ride. We followed the lake over to the town of Frisco, with stops along the way to take in view and make the ride more of a stroll than a race. After riding through Frisco, we headed over to Copper Mountain following the banks of a river of some valley. I am not sure how close we got to copper, because we turned around at the 1 hour, 2o minute mark. On our way back, we stopped at a grocery store in Frisco and had fruit and sandwiches for lunch. Then we followed our path back to the bike rental. It was a great ride and a lot of fun.
Next, we just sort of went to a few shops. I wanted to price some used snowboards. We had ice cream from Dairy Queen. We picked up a few gifts for the boys, etc.
After that, we played some Tennis. We brought our racquets with us and we had time. We hadn't played forever, so we were both a little rust, but soon it started coming back.
Finally, we ate dinner at Carlos Miguel's Mexican Restuarant. It smelled good as we rode past it on our bikes in Frisco.
After dinner, we packed all our stuff, getting ready for the return trip on Friday.
7 comments:
Kudos on the 10 yr mark! :) The fun has just begun! :)
It's good to know that you both are still the same people you were 10 years ago.
Thanks T. We are just trying to keep up with you guys. Is it 11 or 12 years for you?
G-
staying the same kinda sounds like it could be a bad thing when I read back over my rant. Obviously, we've grown, become more mature and have changed in many different ways, yet I believe we have the same spirit of who we were when we met 13 years ago and I believe that has not changed.
It's 12 years this August. We also met 13 years ago, so we're tied! :)
I know what you mean about the same spirit as when you met, I feel that way about us (okay me. :)) Dash got old when I had N! But that's okay, because I love his old man spirit too! :) :) LOL
Dash didn't look to old in class yesterday.
I definately feel old in some aspects of life - like, teenagers can annoy me.
Our first date: March 3rd '93. Do you remember yours?
Golden's and my first date was November 21, 1997, but I asked her out on November 17.
Sounds like a perfect lazy day to close out a vacation.
Our first date was June 26th. It was supose to be June 30th. He asked me out on June 25th for the first time, but on the 26th we ended up going out instead of waiting for the 30th! :)
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