the bus
the bus
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welcome to kansas
Today we started our trip home. We decided to bypass Nebraska and go through Kansas and Missouri this time. Holy heat wave Kansas! We stopped in Wakeeney for the night. The one thing Emma has been missing on this trip is a pool, so she was super excited our campground
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last day
Today was our last day in Colorado... and it was a hot one. We spent the morning at a waterfall and playing in the creek. The waterfall had an information center and the girls got to pan for gold. They came home with a pretty cool collection. We spent the
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the great outdoors
We ventured out to climb some rocks and do some fishing. Braden and Emma did some serious rock climbing up to the top of this big rock. Emma had a couple big bites fishing in this spot. When she got tired fishing Braden took her spot and caught a fish
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pikes peak
When you're in Colorado Springs you have to go to the top of Pikes Peak, so we did. Emma is adventurous, like Braden. Olivia is not, like me. We did make it a couple steps down into the rocks, then Olivia said "this is not safe. let&
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cheyenne mountain
We debated what to do today... then it turned out to be a hang out at the campsite all day kind of day. We went hiking. The girls looked for critters. We watched a HUGE snake go by. We saw a rainbow. We had pizza. The girls roasted marshmallows and
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cripple creek
One of the reasons I wanted to leave on Thursday was to make it to Donkey Derby Days. Donkey races. Food. Petting zoo. Donkey rides. Pretty much sounds like something we'd love... and did. Doesn't matter where we are or what state we're in.
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welcome to colorful colorado
We made it! After getting checked in at the campground we went to a BBQ restaurant for lunch. All that food and Olivia had 1 bite of rib and 3 corn on the cob. 🤷🏼♀️ We promised the girls we'd get ice cream to celebrate getting to Colorado Springs.
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road trippin' to colorado
It's that time of year again! It's our annual big road trip. This year we're headed to Colorado! It's not a road trip unless we stop along the way for an Icee. Right after we stopped for Icees our 6th butterfly hatched!
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until next time duluth
Emma talked Braden into one final stop before heading home... the aquarium. It's a pretty cool aquarium. We've gone every time we've been in Duluth. I've never seen a place where you can touch jellyfish! 😲 This is also the only place I&
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split rock lighthouse
I've always wanted to go to Split Rock Lighthouse and Gooseberry Falls. The lighthouse is only an hour from Duluth, so we made Sunday our day trip day farther north. We did a 20 minute tour, and then walked around the lighthouse. Next stop was Gooseberry Falls. You
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music and pizza train
Duluth has a railroad museum, which is super cool. If you're ever in Duluth, MN I highly recommend it. You could spend an entire day just walking in and out of dozens of different train cars. We visited the museum last year, but didn't know about