I recently found out that the kids’ and my photos and x-rays from the orthodontist’s office are available on her website after I log in. Both Laurel and Charlie started going to her at age 7 1/2 although they didn’t get their first sets of braces on until about 8 1/2. Anyway, it’s been a…
We skated at the city ice rink in Breckenridge Friday which was fun. Charlie held tightly to my hand, so I wasn’t able to take a picture of the kids skating. Here’s the Zamboni though. We got back to Denver Saturday and walked to City Park Sunday. Despite recent snowfall, it was sunny and warm…
We didn’t cross much country with our skiing today, but we had fun and learned that Nordic skiing, at least for us, is more difficult than it looks. Our instructor, Anne, was patient with the three of us. Charlie refused to go down any slight grades, so he mostly stood with skis on while Anne…
We had fun dog sledding through the forest today. I was surprised by the number of live lodgepole pines I saw there. I thought pine beetles would have killed them all by now, but one of the bus drivers I talked to said the last two years haven’t been as bad as previous years. A…
A few months ago I bought into a timeshare that has properties (or arrangements with other companies who have properties) all over the world. This is how we came to reserve a condo for the first week of March in Breckenridge. Grand Timber Lodge is beautiful, and we’re really enjoying our stay here. It’s been…
We hoped in vain to see some manatees before we left. There’s a small park on the lagoon side of Cape Canaveral where the manatees sometimes sun themselves, but none was there the two days we visited. On Thursday we walked along the beach and had a last lunch at a beachside restaurant with Grandma,…
Sunday we drove with the family to the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. We didn’t see any alligators, but we did see roseate spoonbills (kind of like a flamingo but with a funny-looking beak), herons, vultures, and I think flamingoes but they were a little too far away to know for sure (could have been…
After a three-hour nap this afternoon, the kids and I walked along the shore – stepping carefully to avoid the numerous shell fragments. We watched a Disney Cruise depart and then returned to our motel for a dinner of peanut butter and crackers. We had flown from Denver to Orlando on Thursday, taking a taxi…
After renting a car and driving to Castle Rock this morning, we (even I) played at Rhyolite Park and then ate lunch with our friend Sally. We then drove back to Rhyolite and went on a short hike before heading to Laurel’s final orthodontist appointment (to get her retainers). Then it was off to the…
At Charlie’s suggestion, we walked to the 16th Street (Pedestrian) Mall in downtown Denver today and took an RTD bus to the Pearl Street (Pedestrian) Mall in Boulder. A young man was walking down Pearl Street shouting, “Free hugs!” A bearded young man was sitting outside a restaurant and wished us a good day. I…
Travels with Charlie and Laurel 