October '08 Vacation

Hello friends and family! Jeff and I have been busy the last week or so...He took a week from work so we could do some traveling. We first went to Denver, CO to hang out with friends for the weekend and us girls made cards, while the guys golfed and watched football. On Monday we headed to Vail, CO for a few days. On Wednesday we picked up Jeff's Dad, Gary, from the airport in Denver and headed to Cheyenne, WY for the rest of the week. On Saturday we flew back to San Fransisco and drove down to San Jose, CA to visit with Jeff's sister who was there for a school conference. On Sunday we drove to Santa Cruz, CA to see the beach, the Redwood trees at Big Basin State Park, and then finally ended up at home Sunday evening. What a trip! Enjoy a few of the pictures below.

Our friends Melissa & Travis-we went to dinner in downtown Denver.

View from the opposite side of the booth.

Check it out...we have our own road.

Countryside views on our way to Vail.

...more mountains.

...even more mountains.



This is what the Vail slopes look like with out snow...actually we may have been driving by Copper Mountain, they weren't far from each other.

We ate lunch in Vail Village...pretty much the only place to shop/dine in the town of Vail.

Me and a bear.

Jeff and a moose...we were bored.

Eating at Arby's-picture of Jeff's Dad, grandpa Ward and Aunt Kathy.

Ready to leave Arby's...

Jeff's uncle Jerry and Aunt Kathy came up from Greeley, CO for the day.

Grandpa Ward's new retirement apartment that he will move into possibly after the first of the year.

Jeff's grandparents from his mothers side. We ate lunch at the Chinese buffet.

Grandpa Ward's cute little house of 40+ years. I wanted to get one last picture in case we didn't make it back before he moved.

Grandpa Ward, Gary, Jeff, and I before we left for breakfast and then the airport at his house.

San Jose-we met Karen, Jeff's sister, for the evening and took her out to dinner.

Santa Cruz-we drove an additional 30 miles from San Jose to check out the beach.

Lots of volleyball.

It was a chilly 60 degrees and the water was freezing, but I loved it!

We can't wait to go back to Santa Cruz! It's about 2 hours from home.

Wish you were here...

Big Basin Redwoods State Park-Boulder Creek, CA

..more Redwoods-these things are 1,000-2,000 years old!

Jeff and I standing in the base of a hollowed out Redwood.