60 Degrees in January

The kind of weather we've been having calls for outdoorsy time.  Last Saturday we drove 15 minutes to one of the most scenic spots in the south suburbs for a hike and rock climbing (not with gear my friends...just walking around on ground laden rocks).  We found a path that ran along the street with barb wire fencing on either side and not another human in site, meaning Enzo could run free and find his happy place.  There was plenty of snow and ice, meaning the kids could slip and slide and find their happy place.  And since those three were in a happy place, that equals happy for Mom and Dad. We walked and walked and walked some more and soon realized that the destination was not as close as we anticipated and it would not be in our best interest to keep forging on.  Tim and Enzo Benzo went back the 1.75 miles to get the car to transport us to the rock climbing area.

While the monkeys and I waited for our carriage to arrive, we parked our tiring booties on rocks next to a heard of beautiful and randomly place buffalo and white horses (we called them stallions to add to the intrigue).  The kids chatted with the stallion they named Snowball, talked in depth about the enormous mounds of buffalo poo in the field and asked 74 times if I had water.  I did not.  Tim decided to pick us up (he could have totally ditched us) and we finished our excursion in the rocky cliff area.  After a few more requests for water (which I had made clear I did NOT have) we decided to call it a day.

We're supposed to be in the 60's for the next 5 days, so look out for more Colorado adventures.