Monday, July 30, 2007

Rocky Mountain Weekend

Sophie and I left the high plains this week-end and headed West towards the peaks and valleys of the Rocky Mountains. We stayed at my friend's cabin, tucked away on a mountainside near Nederland, Colorado, where we birdwatched on the deck, ate Colorado peaches, and sojourned to the Rocky Mountain National Park.

I should say, after all the complaining about Sophie's behavior during month two, that she has transformed into a champion of babies: smiling, cooing, kicking, and sleeping through the night wherever we lay her down. She was a dream on the trip, allowing her mommy to have a good time with her friends!

As we crossed the tree-line and hit the tundra, Sophie didn't seem to mind the extreme change in elevation too much. Her mommy, however, got cold feet and didn't carry her all the way to the top but remained at a mere 11,800 feet instead.



With my good friend, Casey Rackaway, who navigated the mountain terrain like a champion driver and who has become Sophie's favorite Auntie in Hays.

And what week-end retreat would be complete without loads of good food and stellar company? We ate, told life stories, ate, cried, took walks, and ate some more. Pictured here are Janet Holden, our hostess extraordinaire, Katie Morris-Cline who took all of the photographs featured above, and Casey.

In short, although the high plains possess their own stark beauty in the yawning skies and bright sunflower fields, it's very nice to know that THIS is just around the corner.

Okay, down a rather long corridor called I-70.

2 comments:

Ivy said...

Love the hat, Sophie. Looks like you haven't slowed Mama down at all.

Dan said...

Sophie is adorable. Her mom looks to be doing pretty great too.