The past ten days have flown by. Faster than ever, but they always seem to when we are here in Durango. It’s truly our happy place. We try to come at least twice a year – this May trip is always very cycling-focused, as Sasha, my dad and his friends do the Iron Horse Bike Classic race. Which is basically just cruel-and-unusual torture for cyclists who want to ride uphill for hours on end. Not my cup of tea, but I’m so proud of Sasha for doing it for the third year in a row.
Kirby and Brett came as well, as they have for the last few years. It was so much fun having them here, but I missed sweet Lillian and Henry! Kirby turned 29 last week, and we spent a bit of time planning her 30th birthday trip to Greece. I can’t wait.
One of the biggest highlights of the trip was watching Isla ride a pedal bike by herself. She has used a Strider bike for a year now, but only started taking it seriously in December. Six months later, she got on a pedal bike and without training wheels, was off! It took a few days to get comfortable with doing it, but she loves it. So proud of her!
We frequented our favorite restaurants (Himalayan, Thai Kitchen, Grassburger, Carvers, Chimayos, Fired Up Pizza, Eolus), drank coffee from Durango Coffee Co., bought vegan baked goods from Smiley Cafe, visited the newly public Lake Nighthorse, fed the fish at the Hatchery, went to the Rec Center, hiked up to Ft. Lewis College, played in the river, went on gorgeous mountain runs, went to multiple parks (Santa Rita being the best!), walked around the train museum, played lots of front porch Jenga, drank wine at Sutcliffe Winery, spent hours in the front yard running around with the girls, pet horses at my parent’s friend’s race in Cortez and cheered on a bunch of cyclists all weekend long. A perfect trip. Back to reality tomorrow!
Here are a few (ahem, 100) of my favorite photos from the past week. Believe it or not, there really are more! Ha.
Photo courtesy of Kirby! I gave her a lesson – she was an instant pro!
1 Comment
Amazing pics!