Hanging Out In The Ghost Town

It sort of seems like we're treating these first couple weeks in Colorado as a vacation. It's a new environment, there's plenty to do for fun, and we have no real agenda for our days other than figuring out what to do with our days (and continuing to unpack).

Today we started out at The Ghost Town Museum. I must say it was rather hokey the way it was set up, but the kids liked it. It basically had rooms set up with decor and props (and freaky manikins) to show what things looked like 100+ years ago. Here's a few pictures:

There's more pictures at the link to the right that says, "photo albums".

We also went to Memorial Park which has nice grounds and on of the few lakes in town, but I kind of got the feeling that this is the "rougher" side of town. It sort of had that North Minneapolis vibe to it.

Right next to the park was the Olympics Training Center. There were several buildings there with titles for which sport it was dedicated to, but the bikes had an outdoor track so we watched them for a while. Surprisingly, Gavin was bored pretty quickly, but Aubri was fascinated by all the little details... mostly related to what they were wearing I guess.

We'll try to do as much sight seeing and adventure seeking as we can over the next week or so, but soon life will be busy. I fly back to Minneapolis on Sunday to take care of the business transfer and will return on Tuesday. My school orientation will start on Aug. 31st, and Sara and the kids will begin homeschooling around that time too.

I think tomorrow Gavin and I will check out some of the local caves. So much to see, so little time!