Vacation Blog, Part 1

I figure I'll take a couple days to update on out trip to Lake City this past week.
We left Sunday after the Gate, which meant we started driving around 10 p.m. We made great time until poor Leslie gave in to sinus congestion combined with car-sick outside of Dumas, TX. We got back on track until Alamosa, CO where there was about a 45 minute trip that covered 10 miles, due to construction. Thats also when Kenna decided it was screaming fit time. We finally got to Lake City about 5 p.m. CO time. First night we just walked around town to get used to the air, and check out some stuff Kristin remembered from her childhood visits up there.
Tuesday was the day we went to Deer Lakes, a group of lakes up near the summit of Slumgullion Pass, and it was Leslie and Kenna's first fishing trip. Leslie amazed us with 20-25 foot casts, and Kenna amazed us that no one got hooked. Leslie liked it much more than Kenna, who spent her time helping me snap pictures of an overly fat chipmunk who continued to draw ever closer in hopes of catching a snack. We also saw a beaver briefly in one of the lakes, before we headed out for a drive around the Powderhorn trail. Colorado DOT drivers are not the safest, as one nearly ran us over, head-on on a one lane trail, but we made it anyway. That night, we went to the San Juan Soda Shop for ice cream, which the girls loved. Then it was off to one of the town's playgrounds, which the girls loved even more.
Next time, I'll share about the rafting trip and some other fun-ness.