::road trip::

We took a road trip to "Cottawatta" to see Papa Guitar & Gayle.

On the way...

lots of movies, lots of snacks, lots of "how far are we," lots of "scenery" (God bless the Wyomingites because, well, SOMEBODY's gotta live there!!), and a few naps.

Oh...and a 2 hour 2 HOUR delay

a semi caught on fire waaay up the highway, and we were stranded on I80 for a couple of hours.

Papa & Gayle took us to downtown Colorado Springs to see Uncle Wilbur (this fountain guy who plays insturments and water squirts out of them--kinda like the fountains at the Gatway).

We went here...

...where we played on some crazy playground equipment, played in the HUGE fountain, and shared some icecream.

We played at Papa and Gayle's house a lot...

they set up a tent for the bigger ones to sleep in, got them some bikes, sidewalk chalk, lots of snacks, and lots of little toys, and we had a "campfire" and made s'mores.

Chloe and Port's favorite toy at their house was the "roll it game" aka the pool table. Papa played them some tunes, and they both played some games with the kids and cooked for us a lot.

We went here...

...to see lots of cool red rocks. The kids liked walking around looking for acorns, rocks to climb, and places to hide. We saw a few rock climbers, which was pretty fun to watch.

We swam at their pool...

...a couple of times (the weather wouldn't let us swim too long)

...and we loved it!

Then time to head home.

The drive home was almost as "scenic" as the drive there. We hit a bit of weather (check out that rainbow!!), but it wasn't too bad.

We all LOVED our trip to "Cottawatta" and visiting Papa and Gayle. It was a pretty long drive (about 8 1/2 hours), but they did AWESOME in the car both ways (and so did Matt driving-the whole WAY!!)!

Thanks, Papa and Gayle for having us and making us so comfortable at your house!! Love you!