This year for a little family vacation we were able to go to Denver. Kevin had a work convention to go to, so Camille and I tagged along for the ride. It was a great way to travel, because Camille had to take lots of naps anyway, so it is not like we could have been out and about all day, so Kevin would go to meetings, then come back and have lunch with us, then head to more meetings and Camille would take another nap, then come back and go do something, then go to dinner, then back to the hotel. It actually worked out really nicely, and we didn't have to pay for gas or a hotel and that was really great too.
The hotel we stayed at was actually fairly fancy/expensive. We had to stay there because that was where the convention was being held, which again, we didn't have to pay for, so it was okay. We are glad we were not paying for that hotel, because we would NEVER actually stay there. We decided we are not fancy people. We want to have a hotel with a continental breakfast so that we don't have to eat oatmeal out of the coffee pot (yes we are cheapies...$10 for a plate of fruit...no thank you). We also want a place that we don't have to pay $20 a night in parking, and a $20 occupancy fee for staying at the hotel. All in all, we were not too impressed with the hotel, and they were probably not too impressed with us. We had two queen beds in the room, and stood one of the mattresses up on its side to make a little wall so when we laid Camille down, she wouldn't be able to see us. We also had a baby that still cried a little and I am sure our neighbors loved that. Oh well...it was fun. Anyway....
Traveling down actually went really well. We brought food, and planned on taking lots of stops for Camille to run around. Unfortunately it was raining the whole way down. It stopped for a little while as we were passing Little American in Wyoming. So we pulled off, went the bathroom, played for a little bit, then jumped back in the car. That was our only stop the whole way down. Camille was such a trooper. I was so grateful because we couldn't really have stopped because of he weather, and it was Sunday.
Our first full day there Kevin did his thing, then when he was finished we went to he children's museum. It was so fun. Camille was still a little young for most of it, but she still had a blast. There was a fire engine that I am pretty sure Kevin thought was the coolest, and a dog that Camille was playing with. I would probably say that our favorite part was the bubble room. They had bubbles that you could make that turned out huge. And they had a platform that you could stand on then pull a rope and a bubble would encircle you. They also had an awesome bubble maker that filled the bubbles with fog or something so you could see them explode. Camille really liked it.
I am finishing this post 10 months later. I am such a slacker. But I want to post it so that I can remember at least a little bit of this vacation.
We also went to the Denver Aquarium and it was so awesome. Kevin and I loved it. They had this really awesome recreation of a flash flood and it was so fun to watch. I think the Aquarium was our favorite thing that we did on this vacation. We loved looking at the fish and they even had a tiger there!
We scheduled a time to go to the Denver Mint. We were really excited to take this tour. Unfortunately we scheduled it for the week after we left. We showed up and the guard said that it was closed for school tours, and we were so confused. Then when we showed him our tickets we were really embarrassed. We went in the gift shop and watched a little show about the Denver Mint. Camille was playing with an eagle, and Kevin thought it was so cute. He is such a push over. He just loves our little Camille so much. He ended up buying it for her. She is so lucky to have a dad that loves her so much!
On our way out of town we stopped at the Aviation Museum. Kevin and I did a flight simulator. It was so hard. I couldn't do it at all. Kevin did a lot better than I did. My excuse was that I had Camille on my lap and was taking care of her, but to be honest, I was just really terrible at flying. It was still fun. They also had some recreations of the pod racer on Star wars and a fighter jet on Star wars. Kevin loves planes and loves flying. It was an enjoyable morning before we headed home.
We drove home and again Camille did awesome. I was so grateful for her. She is the best. I was so grateful that we were able to go down there for a fun family vacation, and I was grateful that Kevin's work paid for a lot of it so we were able to do a couple of fun things.
