We wanted to take the camping trailer out one more time before husband had to winterize it, so we camped at Lake Granby when we had a 4 day weekend in October. Guess what we learned? That it's a great thing we brought our own water because they had already turned if off at the campsite and that if you go camping in October, you pretty much have the entire campground to yourself. The weather was nice enough to play around and in the lake and was a little chilly for roasting marshmallows, but the taste of those s'mores are totally worth it. And being reminded of songs I hadn't sung for years while I was at my Girl Scout leader training helped me teach "I Love the Mountains" to my kids. (If that's what's it's really called.) We also learned the hard way to make sure you have plenty of propane left in your tank when you go camping in the mountains in the fall. In the middle of the night the propane tank ran out of gas. Although the forecast was a low of 39*, when we woke up in the morning it was 32. This is why we bought a camping trailer! So we wouldn't have to freeze. All I can say is that it would have been even worse without it. I still prefer camping with a toddler in a trailer over tenting it any day!
We spent a bit of time at RMNP and took the children to the Stanley Hotel for the first time. October is a great time to introduce the idea of a haunted hotel to kids, right? Thank goodness for days off of school.
One of the benefits of being in half day kindergarten is on late start days half the time you don't have school. With K and D both wanting to attend the science magic show for before school child care, I decided to take M and N to the Butterfly Pavilion. We had a terrific time. We hadn't been for almost 2 years so N didn't remember a thing and so much has changed that M and I were pretty entertained too. I think the most memorable moment was at the butterfly release and one of the little critters sat and crawled on me for so long that eventually we had someone who worked there take the guy off of me when the girls wanted to exit the area. But my favorite picture is of N getting totally grossed out by the bugs and M looking like she wants to pet them and take care of them. They may share flesh and blood but they are very different girls!
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