I haven't done a show and tell for a long time! I've been trying to control my blog time, but I needed to make this post, and this seemed a great way to do it.
Last week we had some friends here from Illinois. On Friday the kids and I took them around to some of the local sites. Our first stop was a museum at the Cimarron/Curecanti area here in Colorado, but unfortunately it was closed. We walked around outside and found a neat train area where in the late 1800's they had loaded sheep and cattle to be hauled either to Grand Junction or to the other side of the mountains. For some strange reason, I didn't take any pics there.
Next we drove behind the museum into the canyon at Morrow Point. It is where the Cimarron River and the Gunnison River come together. There is a huge dam here, but I didn't take pics of that either. The following picture is a bridge close to where the two rivers meet. The smaller looking one is the Cimarron, which flows within a few miles of my house. We hiked down to the bridge and then to the tiny little bridge on the far left that looks like a white line on the other side of the river.
This is my kids on the bridge.
This is the group including our friends. These rocks are just past the second bridge in the first picture. The weather was so lovely that day!
From there we drove down the highway to the Black Canyon National Park. It is the second largest canyon in the US, and the deepest. However I didn't take many pics since we had been here many times already! This picture is from the bottom of the canyon where we ate our lunch. It doesn't really show the deep part.
We drove around the rim for a short while and visited the visitor's center, then went to the Ute Indian Museum, which we had never gone to before. We learned a lot about the people who were in the area before the white people came and sent them away. I love museums like this. It was kid friendly too and had tipis and such outside that the kids could go into. My kids pretended to be Indians there for awhile.
Across the street was a lovely memorial area and garden. We saw pretty frogs in the water and took pictures there too.
Ohhhh what beautiful pics ! I only have seen that type of beauty when I went in your neck of the woods. It is so different than what I see here. It looks like you all had a ton of fun with your friends. I am so glad. I am very happy you joined in this week ! (((HUGS)))
Oh, Carol, what a lovely field trip and day you had! I love all the background scenery in them; those trees are beautiful. Don't you just love it when a day like that inserts itself into your life? I do. You're making me think the boys and I need to do a little extra field-tripping here in the next few months. If only the temps would come down, maybe then I'd be motivated.
Thanks for sharing, sweetie, and have a lovely weekend!
love,
Shani
What beautiful pictures! I've been to Cimarron & Grand Junction before - many long years ago. You live in such a beautiful area of the Country. Your kiddos are so adorable too!!!
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