We had a ton of fun on the 4th this year. We drove north and stayed a couple nights at Durango Mountain Resort (about 1.5 hours north of us). It was so beautiful up there. We got to use Abe's corporate passes for the alpine slides and other fun stuff.
Then we put Nolan in his backpack and went on a really fun/gorgeous hike to a lake named Potato Lake (Spud Lake). Nolan had fun playing in the water and throwing rocks. On the way back, Andrea cut her toe really bad but luckily we found someone that had a bandaid. Nolan fell asleep half way down the trail so we took off the backpack and carried it the rest of the way so that he could lay down.
After the hike we made our way further north to Silverton, probably the coolest town we have ever been to. We had a lot of fun walking around the town and going the in the fun shops. There were also a tone of old houses and buildings. As the sun went down the little town filled up with people and soon the firework show began. A nice lady gave Nolan a light saber like glow stick and he was on top of the world (actually like 11,000 elevation). The show was amazing and when the traffic died down we made our way pack to the hotel.
