Because we are planning a big trip to Mexico for Christmas, we decided to stay close to home for Spring Break. Rather than having a total staycation, we rented a cabin in Estes Park and had some winter fun! We spend a lot of time in Rocky Mountain National Park - during the warmer months, but we were excited to spend some time exploring the park in the winter. The first thing on the agenda... sledding! The boys are used to sledding on a small hill near the house - actually it's a retention ditch - super fun, but not super fast. Their eyes got so big when they saw the hill at Hidden Valley, but they had no fear! We all climbed to the top, jumped on the sleds and away we went. It was a fast hill with a little ice in the middle - thankfully they have sand bags on the sides to stop you from going off into no mans land - I think I hit those things everytime! Harrison went down with a loud YAHOO! and Hayden could not stop grinning. We spent a couple hours sledding (and crashing), the whole time it was snowing these huge beautiful flakes. The next day, we tried snowshoeing. Nels and I have been before, but the boys have never tried it. We really enjoy hiking together, so we knew we would have a good time snowshoeing. The weather could not have been more beautiful! It was warm and sunny - good thing we dressed in layers! The snow was soft and a little slushy, so it kept building up on the bottom of the boys shoes - which made them heavy - a little frustrating! But they were troopers and we just kept knocking the snow off the bottom. We took a trail to Alberta Falls, it's about 2.2 miles round trip - by the time we were done, we had stripped almost all our layers off. We shared some great family time in Estes! It's a nice place to visit... summer or winter!
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