Pike's Peak

The reason we could spend a little while in Colorado was because Sean had a couple weeks off to do research. He decided to test a new device that measures cerebral oxygenation at various altitude levels. Which required a trip up Pikes Peak. Oh my gosh, Liam and Dash's expression were priceless in everyone of their pictures.

It's almost an hour's drive to the mountain, followed by an hour up the mountain, so we took a little break in the middle. MY KIDS ARE SO CUTE.

Look how high we were! And we're not even to the top yet. I'm very glad it was Sean doing the driving- some of those hairpin turns, yikes!

On the peak and it's COLD. That wind just whipped right through you.

They are SO happy to be out there. No, their favorite place was in the store.

When we first arrived, I stayed in the car to feed Grey. When we ventured out to find the rest of the family, oh man, Grey did not like that wind. I was concentrating so much on keeping Grey wrapped up, I couldn't even find the store's entrance, so we just stayed in the car.

Liam and Dash came back to the car too and Sean went back out to see the sights. I wonder how many miles away is that horizon.

Purple Mountain's majesty indeed.

At least we all got some donuts. They're a special high altitude recipe or something. I've been up the peak once before, with my parents. We had only been in the state a day or two before we went up, so the altitude was getting to each of us. I remember we were heading back to the car, all feeling woozy and gross, when my dad whipped back around to go get another batch of donuts. They were that good.