Our Last Day

Our last day in Colorado. We still had a few things we wanted to see, so we left Estes Park early and drove into Boulder for church. We got there a bit early, so we drove to the Denver Temple and spent some time there.

After church, we ate lunch and drove further west (I think? maybe south) to visit Dinosaur Ridge. They had a fun visitor center with some crazy dinosaurs. We then hiked a bit up the road to see the preserved dino footprints. It was quite cool to see real evidence of the dinosaurs out in nature. A section of the ridge is roped off, but a small part is open for you to climb on and explore. It was a lot of fun.

After Dinosaur Ridge, we drove through Denver to the airport. We said good bye to Grandma and Grandpa, who were riding the train home. We checked our one bad and lugged our five carry-ons through the airport and to security. As we were going through security, one of our bags was flagged. Greg was questioned and it was then that I realized that we had packed all our bathroom stuff in our carry-on! All our liquids, lotions, sprays. Really, how stupid could we be. We just didn't even think about it, since we rode the train over and they have no security. TSA was really nice about it. They gave Greg a pass to get back through security after he went and checked that bag. Luckily, we had enough time for Greg to make it to the gate before we boarded.

Our flight home was full. I'm pretty sure it was a requirement for someone in your party to be wearing BYU apparel to board this flight into the Provo Airport (Gavin had us covered). As we were taking off, Enoch and Gavin were still arguing over the window seat. I was trying to hold Kate's hand so she wouldn't be scared. She kept jerking it away. She finally said, "Mom, are you scared?' Yes! We ran into some turbulence early into the flight. Kate was grinning and giggling. She yelled out, "This is so awesome!" Obviously, she takes more after her dad than mom when it comes to flying.

We barely had time to finish our juice and cookies when we landed. We disembarked the plane by ramp, since there are no gates to pull into in Provo. We found Grandpa Dee quickly and he pulled the van right up to the baggage claim, which was a few luggage carts pulled by four-wheelers. We loaded up our luggage and we off. It was awesome - no waiting, no traffic, no paying for parking. If you have the chance to fly into Provo, take it!

We had a wonderful trip. It was so fun to be with our family and see new things. Now we can check off Colorado as a state we have been to with our kids!