July 1: In the morning, we ate breakfast at Pete and Kira's. Christian was entertained by the men cutting up the tree that had fallen in their yard while we packed up and headed out. Kira had recommended we stop by the Red Rock Ampitheater..and so we did.
The red rocks of Colorado...
It was CRAZY how many people were there working out, running the stairs. We walked down and then back up them, and that was plenty!
The person on the stairs with the child on her back is me. It was a decent workout with 25 extra pounds on my back.
Bye bye red rocks and Colorado...on the way to Casper, WY.
Entering the land of Wyoming...driving by a buffalo herd.
That evening we checked into our Garden Inn hotel, thanks to the assistance of Mitch and his Hilton connections. Christian had a blast running on the room, climbing on the luggage carrier, and pretty much exploring whatever he could. This was the start of a routine he established during the trip. He and I would go to the room, while Ben would load up the car on the luggage carrier. While we were waiting, Christian would run in the room, climb on the bed, play "catch me if you can" with me all the while he is giggling! When Ben would come back with the luggage carrier, he would climb on it whenever it was unloaded enough he could hike his leg up there..and then duck up and down saying "Hmmm?" because that's what I said to him...again just giggling! Meanwhile, I would unplug the phone because he really like to pick it up and say "hello....ring, ring....HELLLOOOO". It was quite the entertaining routine he did.
We went to an italian restaurant for supper, which was not exactly what we expected it to be..but it was good food all the same. It was still nice outside when we got back to the hotel, and there was a baseball field with a game going on across the street. We walked over there, and I asked Ben if he thought since it had a Garden Inn sticker on the both as a sponsor if he thought we got a discount. He wasn't going to ask..so I did. The lady looked at the other lady, and said, well I don't really know, but we'll say sure you can have these comp tickets and get in free. :) Well, that was nice of them. It was a minor league game. Christian was more entertained by going up and down the bleachers and making friends with complete strangers! I thought he was maybe a bit of a distraction to the people that actually paid to go to the game, so we went down to the grass part with the other kids. Without hesitation he joined another groups circle, and sat right in the middle of their blanket. They found him more than entertaining! Whose child is this anyway??
We went back to the hotel, tried out the freezing cold indoor swimming pool...and called it a night.
