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strawberry picking
The thunderstorms last night were crazy! There was more rain in the forecast today, but that didn't stop us from going strawberry picking. We have lots of strawberries to eat. When you're done picking strawberries it's time to feed the goats. After the goats
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minnesota!
We planned to get an early start towards home this morning. The girls eventually woke me up at 9 AM... not exactly the early start we had hoped for. When we stopped at the Kansas Welcome Center yesterday I got a brochure for a carousel museum. It was 30 minutes
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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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throwback thursday (june 27, 2018)
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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.
the o's
Our two big stops today were in cities starting with O. Omaha and Ogallala. I've heard so many great things about the zoo in Omaha. It was at the top of my list to see on this trip. We were going to skip it today and do it