The last fortnight started in Des Moines where Jude and Anna went to the zoo there. Then it was back to Denver where it has been hot and dry. We have had some bad forest fires and a few days ago the smoke was so bad in Denver that we decided to head up to the mountains to get away from it all. So, we spent a couple of nights in Keystone. Marcy bought the kids some backpacks and we went for a short hike while we were there.

Last Sunday was Father’s Day and after a wonderful sleep in I wanted to head up into the mountains for another hike. Marcy packed a picnic lunch but unfortunately, the weather was not the best when we get up there so were not able to have a picnic there (it rained pretty hard). Not to worry, we decided to have our picnic back at home in front of the TV where I could watch the US Open golf.

This weekend we headed into the foothills to Lair o’ the Bear – a popular hiking destination for kids. They have a river, hiking trails and this tremendous climbing tree that Jude always likes to climb. While we were there we went on the longest hike we have ever done as a family – over two miles.