Letters to Connor: The Aspens...they are a changing

For Connor's three month birthday we went to the mountains for the weekend. It also happens to be the same weekend we have our time share in Granby. It always amazes me that it is still hot here in Denver and just into the mountains, the weather is not only cooler, but there is an amazing display of color. I LOVE FALL! Football, leaves, pumpkins, Football...

Here is a little pic before our journey began.

On Saturday we started our adventure early around 8am. We decided we were going to take a new path through Empire and over a new pass called Jones Pass. Empire is famous for a little restaurant called Jenny's. The best pie Andrea and I have ever had. Little did we know they also serve breakfast. Had we known that fact, we would have bypassed McDonald's and went straight to Jenny's...oh well.

Here are some of the views from Jones Pass

So, as our adventure continues we get to the other side of the mountain in a cool valley, but soon realize there is no way out. The roads are closed to the campsites that lead to the main road on the other side of the pass. Here is me studying the map and feeding little dude trying to figure out if there is another off road adventure we could take without driving the hour back to the other side....

There wasn't, and so after a little time stretching our legs...

We made it back over and to a little site were we stopped and cooked hot dogs and chilled on a blanket by the river.

Connor got several new hats before we left.... Here is one of our favorites!

We finally made it to Granby, just in time to relax a bit, have some dinner and late night cocktail on the balcony ;-)

The next morning, Connor and I decided we would sit outside for coffee and milk, but it was a little chilly. So we tried on Hat #2 and we loved it. READY FOR WINTER!

Joey headed out fishing early so it was just me, little guy and Abby. Although it wasn't freezing, we couldn't resist putting on our bear suit that NaNa and Granddaddy gave us so we could take Abby for a walk. I think he liked it. The only things he couldn't figure out was where his hands were inside the mits.