We got home to NY tonight from a two-week vacation in Colorodo. What a blast we had visiting, sightseeing and camping with my sister Jenny and her husband David. We also met some of their friends who took us to places that inspired and took our breaths away.They had fishing, canoeing, ATV-ing. What fun! Another couple also showed us around the prestigious United States Air Force Academy from where their two daughters graduated. What inspiration they are to me in raising their daughters. My sister Jenny welcomed us to their beautiful log home that always had hummingbirds feeding on her syrup concoctions, deers grazing on grass and click-clacking grasshoppers as they fly around. Jenny and David showed us around Colorado, but even IF they didn't even a drive to town is quite breathtaking to see beautiful mountains of blue, purple, green and gray(the ones with the recently burnt trees) sitting so majestic all around their town. They took us to Pike's Peak, yup right on the summit with all 14,000 PLUS elevation above sealevel. Woof! I was out of breath for every two steps I made for lack of oxygen. The views are soberingly beautiful...the drive up was nerve-crunching esp. when all you see are nothing but empty space which means steep drops of the ravines. the drive down was no better...but everyone else in the SUV seemed to enjoy the drives both ways. I guess I was the only "scaredy-cat" in the bunch. Then Jenny and David brought us camping at Tin Cup Pass, 12,000 feet above sealevel. The drive up was arduous, the drive down was even worse, but the sceneries through the drive up and down were exhilarating. It was no light camping we did, yet Jenny and David had everything we needed. The meals cooked by bonfire were delicious. Zachary looked forward to the marshmallow roasting and s'mores and stargazing after. The roughest terrain we drove was going down from Tin Cu Pass, and after much jiggling and shaking and jostling and bumping we ended in a very beautiful and serene Mirror Lake. Just what we needed after the rough ride. There is much to be said about this wonderful trip, but now I will let the pictues do the talking. Thank you Jenny and David Ware for sharing this vacation with us!!! (pictures will be uploaded tomorrow...my eyelids are closing involuntarily!)