Denver, CO 2019

We stayed at an Airbnb in Denver and enjoyed walking around Denver each day of our trip. We had a bunch of delicious meals and some ice cream and played at the park near the Airbnb every day. We also visited the Tattered Cover bookstore.

Walking around downtown

We also went hiking west of Denver in Arapaho National Forest, and Kevin and James made it a little farther than me and Miranda and got to see St. Mary's Glacier.

Arapaho National Forest

She's a model

James loving St. Mary's Glacier

Loooks pretty awesome

Family

Jaime came by to visit us in Denver too! Hi Jaime!

Boulder, CO 2019

We stayed at an Airbnb in Denver, but we took a day trip to Boulder the first full day and walked around and then went on two small hikes.

 

Brunch at Lucile's

Walking around the beautiful downtown

The cutest cuties in Boulder

Every street was gorgeous

Because I'm obsessed with buffalo

Walking around

Lots of little sculpture playgrounds

Boulder is awesome

We went hiking in two parts of Golden Gate Canyon State Park.

Ready with their snow boots


Not sure where we're going...


Just more cuteness


Impressive views


In every direction


River


More pictures

Then we went to a different snow-covered area


I don't like the look of this slippery drop


Picture before I make them turn around because I'm scared


See you soon, Boulder!

Drive through NE to CO 2019

We thought driving roundtrip to Denver and Boulder with two kids and a dog was a good idea. Obviously, it wasn't.

Just leaving Omaha

Dog cried and whined the entire time!

Omaha is a hilly city full of interesting stuff to do and eat, but most of the rest of Nebraska was:

I spy with my little eye... nothing.

We also saw some of the damage the extensive flooding in Nebraska had done to some of the farms.

It's hard to see here, but it's basically a lake in the middle of the farm that didn't exist before

Dog misbehaving

Happy St. Patrick's Day 2019

Happy St. Patrick's Day from the Clous.

Miranda's shirt for school in Friday

Family walk to Prairie Preserve

There's the prairie!

Green cupcake face 1

Green cupcake face 2

Lucky snuggles

Omaha Desert Dome- March 2019

Part of the Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo is the world's largest geodesic dome with a desert inside. No joke, it's really warm in there. It's actually three deserts with animals from three different parts of the world: Africa, Australia, and the southwestern United States. Under it is a huge nocturnal animals exhibit and it's pretty freaky in there. In any case, this warm location seemed like the perfect temporary cure for our neverending winter. We also got to watch a free Meerkat movie with our membership. Great way to spend a winter day.

Inside the dome is a desert

Having a little Harry Potter moment here- don't let the snake out!

a Rock wallaby hiding in a cliff way up above us

Collared peccaries

The super creepy bat cave

 

I didn't even realize aardvarks were nocturnal.

Back to reality- Outside is a tundra