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July 10th through 15th We have no family with us until the 16th so probably will not be many photos We rode today (the 11th) I took photos of the Blue River - We had so much rain over the weekend
We rode our singles on Swan Mountain Road over to Keystone so I got a photo of Dennis on the way up
July 9th Another rainy day but we spent it reviewing the photos and here we are just before leaving for the Denver Airport Dirk and Nia were with us at the condo from July 1st to July 9th and it was a wonderful visit.
Just dropping them off at the airport. They had a rough flight back to Tampa but got home safe!
July 8th This was the day we were going to spend at the Fun Park at Peak 8 -- wouldn't you know it was our first wet morning all week and it only stopped raining for short periods all day long. We tried though and here we are at the top of the lift where we hiked around a bit
took some photos
and then rode the lift back down - it was cold and wet but fun
and we had some interesting views of Breckenridge
We finally gave up and climbed back to the condo for lunch
Finally around 4 p.m. it cleared up enough for a short hike
The Peak trail head was near our condo and it goes all the way to Frisco but we only hiked a short distance when it began raining again.
It would have been a pretty hike but we headed back to the condo. July 7th We rented a tandem for Dirk and Nia so we could ride the Dillon to Keystone bike tril
July 6th A second day of riding out near Fairplay Colorado
Dirk and Black Magic
Nia and Texas
July 5th Canoeing on Dillon Reservoir - Dirk and Nia in one canoe
and Dennis and Lyndsey in another
We decided to only go out for 2 hours because of the ominous clouds!
Then you look in another direction and everything is different
and yet another direction - Wow!
Canadian Geese on one of the islands
Dirk and Nia are down by the shore where they saw a deer
and they got some great close-up photos
July 4th All saddled up and ready to ride - hoping for a "free range" ride with no guide as advertised -- but they did have a guide and that was good but it was not a"nose to tail" ride and they were able to work the horses into a trot, canter and gallop and really had a good time. The ride was 3 hours long and they went all the way to the top of the mountain and back. I took some of the photos and the others were taken by the guide with our little sony camera so the beautiful ones from the top of the mountain were taken by the guide.
Here they were just coming back about a mile from the stables. I had walked up the road so I counld get some photos of their return
They were walking the horses so I was able to keep up and walk the road back to the stables with them
On the way home
Just of her horse "Trexas" after a really great 3 hour ride
A great BarBQ pork and slaw lunch after the ride
aJAfter returning from the ride and my walk this felt really good!
July 3rd We had spent the morning down in Breckenridge Village and had just gotten back to our car when the sky opened up with heavy rain that turned to heavy hail!
You can see the hail piling along the street
The sound of the hail on the car was VERY loud - Nia's first hailstorm experience
Enjoying lunch at Bubba Gumps
Trying on some fun hats - Dirk and Nia
Lyndsey with nieces Susan and Ruth Hedin and Susan's husband Kevin
Dirk and Nia at airport arrival on July 1
Ruth was picking up her daughter Sadie same time same day same airline - Frontier Quite a neat coincidence and so neat that we got to see them all and they got to see Dirk and meet Nia
On the drive back up to Breckenridge from Denver Nia saw her first herd of Buffalo
Dennis playing Barrell Racing with Nia trying to help!!!
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This is a view from just South of Dillon 
Heading back to Keystone 
