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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Welcome, Fall

Yesterday we decided to head into the mountains to see the changing of the aspens. The leaves haven’t really changed too much in Denver yet; usually we forget about the aspens until October, and by then it’s too late! So we were really proud of ourselves for thinking of it in September. :-)

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Warning: It is so difficult to pick my favorite pics, so I am going to post a LOT of them. :-)

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Beautiful Colorado. We feel so blessed to live here. Why don’t we go to the mountains more often???

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The sky was really hazy in places. I’m not sure if there are still fires somewhere?

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We had picked up these overalls at a thrift store a couple of months ago, and Ryley has refused to wear them. But we told her we absolutely required her to wear them on our autumn trek up into the mountains! Overalls are made for fall. And after a full day of wearing them, she loves them.

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I think the photo above may be my favorite.

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There were so many random people taking pictures in this grove of blazing aspens. There were probably 20 cars pulled over on the side of the road. I loved the sense of camaraderie among all of us…Denverites an hour from home, drinking in the beauty of God’s creation, and simply giddy with excitement that we had found such a gorgeous place. :-)

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We kept driving and came across this lovely lake….

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And then this little brook.

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We drove routes where we had never been before, and we didn’t use a map. We just turned down random mountain roads to see where they would lead. We had a general idea of where to go, based on what we had heard, but we basically just followed signs and drove in a big loop, eventually finding our way back home. We played our favorite music playlists and did a lot of talking. It was so, so good. 

As Ryan said, we never go to the mountains and come home with regret. It was a delightful, beautiful, and refreshing first day of fall. :-)

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