Colorado - Black Hills 7-10
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Riverview Campground in Loveland, CO
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Stopped here to dump our tanks and refill on water
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Carrie relaxing riverside
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Devon is happy to be out of the car seat
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cramped sites
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but this is a good launching point
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we're literally 1 mile from the mountains here
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heading up the Big Thomspon canyon
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Fire
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P3 dropping fire chemicals
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Estes Park
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Estes Park
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Rocky Mountain National Park
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out our back window
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Our campsite B198
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Devon learning the road is dangerous. He's using Carrie's made up sign language
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Black squirrel
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This is our home for 6 days
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Hill in the back
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from the hill looking down
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north side of campground
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aspens
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north side of campground
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Tent sites are great here
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view from the C loop
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C loop, we're going to try to get this site next year
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clouds roll in
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down the road to our B loop
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This is what it's all about. Sitting on the hill above the campsite
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Longs Peak
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view up the valley from the hill
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Devon enjoying the site
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Brother and Mother stopped for a visit
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spraying for pine beetles had been done in the campground
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Magpie
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old vw campers
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Trail ridge road
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Trail ridge road
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Trail ridge road
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Trail ridge road
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heading up to bear lake
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heading up to bear lake
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Deer in the campground
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Rain storm causes severe flooding catching a school bus in its path. No Little People were hurt
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hail
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Carrie's wifi coffee house
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Downtown Estes
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Devon doesn't care for lunch
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Steak tacos!
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Chimi
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Can you find Devon?
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Coyotes
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Fly fishing in the Big Thompson
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Moraine Park
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Mule deer
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Carrie's Stellars Jay
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hiking up to Fern Lake Falls
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Devon goes on his own for a while
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big rock
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following the river
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Big Thompson River
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flowers
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Find the Hummingbird
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The pool
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Fern Falls
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Lunch at Fern Falls
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Deer in the campground
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P comes for a visit
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Hiking to dream lake
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Bear Lake
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Devon on the loose
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Nymph Lake
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Nypmh Lake
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on the way to Dream Lake
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Carrie fell about here
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It's a long hike up
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great views
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has to be one of the best trails in the US
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Snow
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Ron liked this stream
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Dream Lake
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Dream Lake
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Fishing
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Trout
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Dream Lake
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Lunch at dream lake
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Lunch
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Devon watching Thomas the Train at 10,000ft
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going back down
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yet another deer in the campground
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Carrie's Stellars Jay
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trained
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Fall river valley
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gearing up
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Cant catch a thing
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elk eat the Aspen bark and leave these scares
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fishing
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bird
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Looking down at Beaver meadows
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Magpie
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Stellars Jay
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Our camp pet
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Carrie's trained Jay
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heading up to Red Feather Lakes
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Red Feather Lakes
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Bellaire Lake
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Bellaire Lake
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Bellaire Lake
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Devon get's to celebrate his birthday again
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oooo presents. This is the first time he's really acknowledged presents
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Bellaire
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Great shot of Chelsey
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Ron at Bellaire
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great place to spend the 4th
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Red Feather
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Chelsey
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Devon getting ice cream.
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He didn't really know what to make of it
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Carrie's bird houses
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hummingbirds
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hummingbirds
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This is why Carrie is called the Crazy Bird Lady
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up by Cameron Pass
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Dev chillin
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Jason
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Jason and Nicole getting crazy
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Bouldering
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Devon and Nana
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Carrie is also known as the Crazy Flower Lady
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Around Red Feather
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Nicole
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Carrie bouldering
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There was a little spot here it looked like someone had setup camp at
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pretty skies
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Bellaire Lake in the back
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holding up the rock
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chillin
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pine cone
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Devon bouldering
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On the way to the black hills
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Rafter J
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Moncao envy
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Cool motorcycle hauler.
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Devon chillin with his Thomas
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Moms campsite
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"Rock"
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Dinner at Nanas
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Choo choos
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Devon loves trains
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fillin up the tank engine
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Devon is more interested in his own train
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only when the whistle toots does he get excited
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Sleepin
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Crazy
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Flower
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Lady
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Playing with gadgets
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Devon following the crazy flower lady
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Moving to Sheridan Lake
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rock
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Our private point
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another sunset
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Our spot
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This is like home to us
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airstream
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Lead mine
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Butterflies in Spearfish
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Spearfish creek
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Spearfish canyon
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Devon with his ball
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"What do you have in your mouth Devon"
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rocks!
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It's a buggy bug world
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Last night by the fire. Burning up some wood
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Our last sunset
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