Mines and Ghost Towns and Bus Rides OH MY!

I guess one posting a month is going to have to do for now! As you can tell, we are really willing to sleep anywhere at this point, we are so worn out!! We have certainly had a busy time of travels and crazy visits this month! We started with a Mother's Day weekend here in Laramie, and have since taken a trip almost every weekend from Salt Lake to meet up with all of Ben's family to Pinedale to check out Joni and Clay's new "digs." It has been quite the adventure and we are happy to say that little Ike is still a great traveler! Last weekend we also took some time to go up to Vedawoo and hike the Turtle Rock trail. It was great weather and just perfect! Thank goodness Ike takes after us and not some of his anti traveling aunts and uncles!


This weekend we went to Denver to hang out with our friend, Jamie (or as Isaac calls her, Aunt Damie-- he just came up with that one on his own-- probably because he has so many aunts!) Anyway, we headed out on Saturday morning to Idaho Springs, CO to tour a gold mine and mill. It was really awesome! Ike's favorite part had to be riding the bus though. He's a huge fan of transportation, especially involving wheels of any kind!
Do you remember when you thought buses were this cool? It was a highlight for Ikey!

After the totally awesome mine tour, we panned for gold and struck it rich!! We each found about 4 pieces of gold (worth a cumulative 25 cents-- a penny saved is a penny earned!) Then we took off on a road called "Oh My Goodness Road" (the edited version). It goes up a steep mountain from Idaho Springs to Central City, CO. We found a few ghosttowns and got to do a little exploring of the ruins... when we weren't afraid of being shot by locals! We are thinking about buying one of the towns to make a luxury getaway:)
Jamie, Jamie, Ike and Ben inside an old gold mine- hoping to "Strike it rich!"At the top of "Oh my Goodness Road" Right behind us is a huge dropoff... Pretty cool! Of course, Isaac slept through this part!

In one of our little ghost towns, we also found our new family vehicle! It is so awesome, only a picture could do it any justice!



Anyway, the adventure continues... In between weekends, I am trying to enjoy getting into better shape. I finally can jog about 5 days a week (the weather is finally good enough!) and Ikey loves to be pushed in the jogger with me! When I'm not swallowing mosquitos or being chased by crazy dogs, we have a good time and Ikey points to every old beater truck and says "Cleey!" He associates old trucks with Clay... He also loves to point out animals, trees, and most importantly, buses and trucks! He is definitely a boy!
This week promises to be just as busy as ever, but we promise to try and keep up! Hope you all are enjoying summer too!