Wednesday
The next stage of the trip was to go from Kansas City to Colorado Springs to spend the 4th of July with Bruce. We made good time on Wednesday and were able to get to Bruce's house a decent time. We got Lucy and Caleb in bed and then played games with Bruce, Amy, Lydia and Austin. It was so nice for Bruce to let us stay at his house for a few days.
Thursday (July 4th)
We got up early on the 4th of July so we could go to Garden of the Gods before it got too busy/too hot. We had so much fun. The kids loved climbing all over and around the rocks.
After we drove up the Canyon for a short little hike to a waterfall. It was Helen Hunt Falls and it was such a neat little hike and waterfall.
Then we went back to Bruce's house. We had planned to go to a firework show, but 3 things happened. 1) We found out our neighborhood fireworks were moved from the 4th to the 5th and we would be back to see them. 2) Our kids were pretty exhausted and the fireworks were late and 3) It ended up raining and we wondered if the fireworks would get cancelled (they were). So it worked out great. Instead, we had pizza for dinner, then roasted marshmallows in the back yard. The kids had a great time and it was perfect to celebrate and spend time with Bruce. We played games for a while with the kids. Then put them to bed and played games a while longer and had a really great time.
We even caught just a few fireworks out Bruce's back window.
Friday
Friday was a huge day for driving. We wanted to make it back in time for fireworks in our neighborhood and had a 8.5 hour drive. We ended up stopping for lunch and gas and that was our only stop. The kids did so awesome and we made it in 9 hours and with just the one stop.
Overall - it was an incredible vacation and we had so much fun spending time together. I'm grateful to have such fun people to go on a vacation with!
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