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Pearl Lake Campground site #24
Colorado State Park, near Clark, CO
"It finally stopped snowing, sleeting, hailing, and raining!
What a way to be greeted for a week of camping!" |
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"Hi Daddy, the sun is
shinning and
the breeze is drying everything out! It's going to be PERFECT the
rest of the week!"
"Yup!" |
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"Okay, Dad, you're the expert
tenter!" |
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"This is going up a lot
different than my pup tent I had when I was your age, Bubby. I had solid
wood poles and heavy canvas!" |
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"So you really slept outside all
by yourself, while your sisters and Grandma and Grandpa slept in the
trailer?"
"Yup!" |
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"Almost done!" |
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"Now to just inflate the queen
air mattress!"
"That's one luxury I didn't have, Bubby. I just slept in my sleeping bag
on the floor of my tent."
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"Sorry, Tux, I'm afraid you
won't like sleeping in the tent."
"Can I try it, pretty please...pretty please???" |
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"The boat launch sure makes it
easy to get the canoe to the water!"
"Yup!" |
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"Bye, Mom. We'll meet you back
at the campsite!" |
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"What a beautiful day to be out
on the lake!" |
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"A campfire sure is nice on a
chilly evening!" |
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"The east side of the lake
begins to glow as the sun sets!" |
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"It's like night and day, Dad!" |
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The "Wiggins Diggins", Hahns
Peak Village, CO
Home to Al and Rilla Wiggins for many years (proprietors of the
"Things-n-Stuff" gift shop), it was "laid up" in 1885 as the county
treasurer's cabin. It was partially burned in the big fire of 1910 that
destroyed the Larson Hotel next door and rebuilt using many of the fire
charred logs. |
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Sage Flats, Steamboat Lake, CO
A boat launch, fishing area, and trailhead located at the south
edge of Steamboat Lake near the dam.
"What a beautiful view of Sand Mountain, Daddy!" |
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Howelsen Hill, Steamboat
Springs, CO
The tradition of competitive skiing began in Steamboat in 1913 with
the arrival of Norwegian Carl Howelsen. Known as the "Flying Norseman"
because of his famous ski jumping act with the Ringling Brothers Circus,
he founded the Winter Sports Club, began the tradition of Winter Carnival,
and opened Howelsen Hill ski area in 1914.
"I don't understand, Dad, it looks like if you went off the jump, you'd
land on the buildings at the base of the hill. Ouch!" |
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Fellow Fun Finder trailer
owners, Dan and Rita from Louisville, Kentucky, take the canoe out for a
spin at Pearl.
"We can't believe the lake is so calm in the afternoon!" |
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"Gee, Dad, usually you and Mommy
do the romantic sunset cruises!"
"It's a Father/Daughter moment!"
"Check out the orange clouds reflecting in the water!" |
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"Don't stay out too late!"
"We won't!" |
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"Put down the camera and stir
the scrambled eggs, Dad, we're HUNGRY!!!" |
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"What a neat surprise, Daddy!
I've ALWAYS wanted to ride a horse!" |
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"I'm saddled up and ready to
ride with you, Sissy!"
"You guys be careful!" |
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"We will, Mommy! We're in good
hands with Daddy's horse, Danny, and my horse, Rooster, and..." |
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"...Karen, our trail guide!" |
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"First, it's across the meadow
and down the ravine to follow the stream that meets up with the Steamboat
Lake dam, and then......."
"Oh, Daddy, this is the BEST thing I've EVER done!" |
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"Hey, Dad, check out my remote
control boat!"
"Cool!" |
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"C'mon, Daddy, Tuxie wants to go
out in the canoe!" |
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"Okay, Tuxie, here's your
turn! Bubby and Daddy will
take you out!" |
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"Oh, what a beautiful day to be
out on the water!" |
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"Oh, I AM a happy dog!" |
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"Time for some Jiffy Pop,
Honey!"
"Yes, Dear!" |
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"Another morning, another canoe
ride for Tuxie, this time just with Daddy!"
"When you get back, Tuxie, we'll play with your water toy!"
"Oh, Boy!" |
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"Go get it, Tuxie!" |
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"Good Boy!" |
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"Oh, Tuxie, do you have to shake
and spray us EVERY TIME???!!!" |
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"C'mon! Throw it again!" |
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"It's a little rocky for a
swimming beach, Daddy, but we're not complaining...it'll do!"
"Can you see the Pearl Lake dam way off behind us?" |
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"R & R stands for reading..." |
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"...and refreshment!" |
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"All this reading and
refreshment WEARS ME OUT!" |
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"Sorry, Tuxie, but our week of
camping has come to end."
"Please, say it isn't so........" |
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Overlook, near Cameron Pass, CO
"Happy Father's Day, Daddy! We love you!" |
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"Now there's everything a dad
ever needs on Father's Day!" |
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Cameron Pass, near Gould, CO
"It's hard to believe, Daddy, that when we came over Cameron Pass a
week ago on our way to Pearl Lake that we hit a blizzard and you had to
use 4WD! All we could see was WHITE!!! Now I'm standing here in the bright
sun and 70 degrees! My ankles are freezing in the snow!" |
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Windsor
Summer Concert Band.
"Wow, they sound great after only 14 mornings of practicing
together!" |
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"El Capitan, The Lord of the
Rings: A Storm is Coming - Minas Morgul - Minas Tirith - Into the West -
The Return of the King, The Rainbow Connection, Spy Chase..." |
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"Nice playing, Bubby!"
"Thank you." |
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