It's kind of like the saying "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." We have been in Colorado for 9 1/2 years and only one other time driven up into the mountains to see the aspens change color. I always thought "What's the big deal? In IA the leaves change in our back yard." Well that's just the thing, aspens are as beautiful as the mountainsand it is quite spectacular to see. So this year I said we ARE going to see the onset of autumn in Colorado and enjoy a beautiful drive in the mountains.
September 28th we hopped in the car after lunch hoping to escape the 90 degree weather on the front range, but it was still 78 in the mountains. Talk about an Indian summer. We happened upon the Heritage Museum on Hwy 67 at the end of our drive west and took a look around. It is so fun to see the interest that Ava takes in EVERYTHING! She loved walking around pressing the buttons on the interactive displays, discovering, and learning. (Perhaps she has a lot of papa Rick in her, that reminds me maybe I should purchase a set of encyclopedias so she can read them like he used too!!!)
The drive did not disappoint, neither did the leaves. We had such a fun day!
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