Old news but It had to be added

Roz and I went on our Mother daughter 12 year old trip end of August. She wanted to center on the Old West Native American time period. We decided to go to Colorado and watched many of the Dr Quin Medicine women show before we went. (not as much the reader as Becca is). We went to North Park and visited a restored old west town. Saw Pikes Peak but didn't climb it. Our favorite part was riding the range on horseback. We went to Arco Mines and looked for gold nuggets-to no avail-but got to climb through some old tunnels and check out some scary mine works. We spent the night at Soda Springs and got to go swimming in the natural hot springs which were a creepy shade of green. We hiked a "short" walk in our sandals in Este's park that turned into a 10 mile hike over boulders and down secluded paths. Still no signs of moose, but lots of chipmunks. We spent the night at my awesome friend Maralee Powell's and then toured the Denver area before heading home. She is an awesome pre-teen and I learned a lot about rocks. Who knew there could be that many rock stores anywhere.