Part two

She was a hot, hot, mess all weekend.

 If you go up this mountain it will bring you to Black Bear Pass which connects Telluride and Ouray. It is only passable a couple months out of the year and you have to have a suped-up jeep to make it with all the tight turns, switch backs, streams, and huge rocks. So naturally we drove up as far as we could, which is to the waterfall on the right. I mean isn't that the whole reason that we got a 4runner?

 At the top of the waterfall is a house/powerplant thing. We drove up to the house and hiked from there. View from the top.

 Notice Molly is wearing a hat.

 Hike through the pass.

 Notice at the end of the hike Molly is wearing no hat. Luckily the couple behind us found it.

Telluride

So lets be honest. David and I do not live here because it is the most sensible place to live. We live here because it is awesome and we can go camping at places like this. The last time I was in Telluride I was 12, at nationals and the place was covered in snow. I would say I appreciate it a whole lot more now.

David playing with the dogs at the river that runs through town.

 Nap time at the campsite.

 Roons in her lair.

 Telluride was founded as a mining town and many of the remnants are still left behind. At the top of a mountain road was this old mining camp.

 Beneath this house we saw a beaver who I chased until he ran into his fortress.

Part II to follow



Mothers Day hike

 Molly has started to use signs, as in sign language. The other day at the store she looked at me and signed "please" and "eat". I was so proud and then gave her a cracker.

1 down, 20 to go

We decided that we wanted to make Molly a quilt. I am making 1 square for every year of her life. So hopefully by the time she is 20 or so she should have a quilt made by yours truly.

This is year one.

Not only will it signify steps in Molly's life but also the progress of my creativity. So by the end of this escapade the words should be a little more legible... hopefully.



Breckenridge

We seem to like to picnic in parking lots.

 Climbing spot which was pretty nice for climbing and for the dogs roaming.

 Ladies

 Molly's home while we climb.

 Town of Breckenridge.

 This is her new favorite face to make.

Swinging at the park. She has such a cute face in this one.

 The rain boots just complete this outfit.

 Brown Bear is definitely one of her favorites, and now does the slide and find all by herself.

Also our stairs are a constant battle.

FYI