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Really Fun Trip to Fort Collins, Colorado



Many moons ago (15 years I think) I worked at the Magic Kingdom Club. A Disney company that gave out discount cards. I worked there for about 4 years. Along with me was my friend Angie. We made friends right away and stayed in touch even after we both left Disney. I was engaged the day before Angie started work and she was engaged shortly afterward. We had a great time working together and after I had Kaleigh, 11 months later she had her son Jared. Then I had Cole and 3 months later she had Cambria. We stayed in touch when she was in Laguna Hills and then she decided to move to Colorado of all places! It was tough, but we still kept in touch through e mails and Christmas cards. For the past 3 years we have been talking about us visiting her, but with our annual trips to Canada and not enough time each vacation we have put it off. Well, this year was the first year Carl got 4 weeks vacation time so we finally did it! They live in a really nice area called Fort Collins, which is about an hour north of Denver. It has all the charm of a small town but with a lot of the things we have here in the bigger cities, (movie theaters, large grocery stores, plenty of businesses. ) There is however, something lacking....crime. So it is really a very nice place to live and they love it there. A few things we did while we were there:
There is a community swim/play park, which was great for my non-swimming kids. The pool is like a beach that only goes to about 2 feet in most part and then other areas that are roped off are deeper. There are play structures with hoses and valves to play with, and even a lazy river innertube ride. There are also two rather large water slides that the bigger kids were enjoying.
We also went up to Estes Park, a nice little resort town in the mountains, where we had a nice lunch and then we went for a drive up to the Rocky Mountain National Park. That is where this photo is taken. That is our two families together. We also saw a blue starling and a chipmunk, which was very exciting for the kids. That was on the fourth of July. We then came down the mountain and I guess everyone in Fort Collins watches the firework display at the City park, where they do the fireworks show over the lake. I mean everyone goes! It was really crowded but fun. We also did some shopping, Carl did a brewery tour and we played games after our kids went to bed until the wee hours. Definitely a fun time! So Thank you Angie and Chris for the wonderful time!