Family Fun!

We decided we needed a fun day trip this weekend so our first thought was to take the kids to one of our favorite places, Idaho Springs! We took Bronwyn and Hayden to play on the "Locomotive 60" train that sits on a piece of track there. Then we walked down to the Waterwheel and watched below as lots of river rafters drifted by. We realized when we got to Idaho Springs it seemed like it was the place to be for everyone in Colorado! So instead of merging in with the crowds we headed back down towards Golden.
We stopped at the Buffalo Herd overlook (which I have passed a hundred times and never stopped at) and watched all the Bison and their calves. Then we decided to drive up the hill to Buffalo Bill's Grave. We walked through the museum where the kids got to rope a calf! Bronwyn loved getting to dress up as a cowgirl and Hayden loves any chance to get out of the stroller.
Click below for Bronwyn trying to imitate the Buffalo

There was a tee pee outside that Bronwyn liked running out of pretending she was bear. Next, we walked up the path to the actual grave. Bronwyn had a hard time seeing Buffalo Bill. She just couldn't figure out why he was in the ground and was not coming out. I tried explaining it but we are just not there yet! On our way out out we stopped for some Root Beer Float and Fudge snacks. We even took a very scenic-off-highway-cause-mommy-missed-the-exit drive home and went through some areas that we have not been around at all in the last couple of years. It was a fun day and I'm glad we took a little time to do some random family fun!

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