Calm Twin Mom: Summer recap Part 2 (Colorado Vacation)

We started out our vacation on June 13th at 5am. Both cars were packed the night before (my dads and ours) and we were on our way bright and early. We were hoping to get some miles in before the kids woke up and it seemed to work pretty well. The kids did really great driving. We had to stop a lot because they needed to go potty or so we could grab some food but they did awesome!

sleeping in the back seat. You can see they each have a bag of fun stuff packed and we bought a dvd player for the car!

When we got to Denver we checked in to our hotel which was very nice and in a great location. So glad that my dad had points to use on our hotel because he got us a good one. When we were mostly settled we walked down to the Hard rock café and had dinner.

The next day we went to the Denver zoo. I have a love of zoos and always try to go to the zoo in every new city I go to. I thought the zoo was really nice and pretty big. The kids had a blast.

That night we ended up eating at Casa Bonita. I had read about this place on a blog of things to do with kids in Denver and when reading the description on the website it sounded like a very unique place. It is a Mexican restaurant that has wild west shows, gorilla shows, cliff divers, a scary cave, arcades, puppet shows, and so much more. Sounds interesting and fun right. Well the place was indescribable. So so strange. It felt like the twilight zone. Also, turns out that this place was featured in a South park episode which can be found on youtube if you are interested. I wish I would have recalled this episode before we went but then again maybe it was just so weird that I'm glad I have the experience to talk about. haha

Noah playing a video game. You can see J holding a piece of piñata in the background and this was when we were lost in the basement. Pretty much sums up our experience and why I don't have any more pictures. I think I was in shock.

The next day we went to the children's museum. It reminded me a lot of the Omaha children's museum and it was great. They had an awesome outdoor area that the kids loved. We met up with my cousin Ryan who lives in Denver, his wife Megan and their son Walter and we went to lunch after the museum. Our last night in Denver we went to a restaurant featured on Diners, drive-ins and Dives Sam's No. 3.

Fire station room

Pretend Kitchen

Bubble room

Outdoor Creek area

He loved his hat!

The next day we drove up to Estes Park and on the way we stopped at the Coors brewery. This may have been J's favorite party of the trip. I didn't get any pictures but I know my dad and J took some so I may add some in later.

We had such a fantastic time up in Estes Park. The downtown area is so cool. With Ice cream and candy shops galore and tons of fun restaurants, there is lots to do. Hiking up in Rocky Mountain National park is so beautiful. We also drove the nations highest continuous highway up to the ranger station at the top. There was some beautiful views but driving on the side of a mountain with no guardrail is extremely nerve wracking for me. The kids played in the snow when it was 80 degrees out, we saw lots of elk, and we took a sky tram up a mountain. It was a fantastic vacation and the kids loved hiking way more then I thought they would!