The Cabin at Red Feather

Last weekend, we were blessed with the gift of a cabin for four nights up in the mountains about an hour from here. Terry went alone for the first night and used it as a "retreat," and on Thursday after I taught my class, the kids and I drove on up.

The cabin was amazing--while it had all the comforts of home, we tried to remain in the mind frame of taking a "break" from normal life. No internet for four days--and for Terry and me, that is a really big deal! There was Dish Network, but we pretty much kept it off except for a Cubs game or two and movie for the kids. We just lived without an agenda or any major responsibilities for a couple of days.


On Friday, we had to drive back to town so Terry could sing at a wedding, and then we returned for another two days. We got up Saturday morning and went to have breakfast at a "hole in the wall" diner in Red Feather. The food was great and we needed naps immediately after! It rained all day Saturday, so lazing around was the perfect activity. On our way back to the cabin after breakfast, we drove past a cute church that was having a bazaar that day, so we stopped and went through it and bought a Christmas wreath for $5 and some baked goods. Aidan and I returned at noon for their fried chicken dinner fundraiser (Terry and Taylor ate a frozen pizza). This is just one of those things that we never do--I haven't done anything like that since I was a kid, but it was fun to experience.

Probably the best part of the weekend, at least for the kids, was the fact that our cabin was nestled in between the mountains. On either side were huge rock formations that the kids loved climbing. That is what these pictures are all of, and you can see how high they actually got! I tried to tell Aidan when we packed her clothes that she would need more than skirts for the mountains, but she didn't really listen. The last picture makes me laugh because she was actually climbing and hiking up these big ole rocks in a skirt and hot pink slip on shoes. But that's Aidan.

While we didn't do anything extremely outdoorsy, like kayak or go skiing (it is summer, after all), the kids adored the weekend, and I know they'll remember it. I was just happy to live without a schedule for a few days! :)