When the weather is beautiful in Colorado it truly is a shame to stay inside all day, especially when this state was designed by God to be explored!

This morning I drove Hayley up to Chautauqua where we proceeded to hike 3 of the different trails that surround the Flatirons…including the Royal Arch, which took us to the top of one of the mountains and 6800-feet in elevation.  All three hikes took about 90 minutes…because we are that good!  Even with Hayley adjusting to our thin atmosphere.  😀  We made it down in 30 minutes.  These hikes were not suitable for Bella, but we managed just fine.

After the hikes, I took Hayley to Boulder Falls.  She loooooved it;  then up to Nederland for Elk burgers.  Yum!  She got to see some snow too as flurries fell in earnest up the canyon.  Although, according to the National Weather Service we might get 6″+ of snow on Thursday!  Maybe snowshoe around Kneebone??

Tomorrow we will tackle Garden of the Gods…got to get that one in before the snow makes the drive to the Springs unbearable!