The kids had a blast today on the ATV's, they had perma- grin's on their faces and their parents were concerned that their faces might get stuck that way. The trail to Climax Mine had a lot of loose rocks which made for a fun ride. We let the kids drive the ATV's in the flat area at Camp Hale, which was a training ground for soldiers during WWII. We also saw a huge herd of sheep coming down the mountain side to graze at Camp Hale. According to the ATV rental operator, they belong to a local sheep farmer who herds them in the mountainside meadows. Have you ever heard of such a thing?
We then went to Georgetown, Colorado to ride on an old steam locomotive that was once used for mining. From the parking lot we had to walk under a highway overpass and Matt and Elyse decided to run up the concrete embankment and slide down. Well, Matt ripped his pants and Elyse, who was wearing flip flops, ripped her big toe. There was a huge flap of skin hanging from her toe, some blood, and it was a terrible mess, yet she didn't cry or make any fuss about it at all. In fact we probably wouldn't have even noticed it if Matt hadn't pointed it out by making a joke that the smell in the air (from the coal fired train) was probably coming from Elyse's toe scraping on the concrete. Despite the horrible condition of her toe Elyse insisted that we continue onward and board the train as she didn't want anyone to miss out on the train ride because of her. Of course, afterwards we brought her to an urgent care center to have her toe properly bandaged up. Between this incident and the freezing cold day we had white water rafting, I must say these kids are real troopers.
At night we watched a lightning storm in the distance from a rock hill at the campground just outside of Denver.
Tomorrow we fly home :(
Posted by: Uncle Jay
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