When our part of the stair repair was complete at the cabin, we still had a few hours to enjoy, so our daughter and I took Steve's mom or a walk to Apache Lake.
The land back behind the lake has recently been broken up into large parcels, and the first of the cabins on one of those parcels is now under construction.
We hope that the view behind our cabin never gets ruined by the parceling out of the land, but only time will tell.
After our walk, we went back to the cabin for some finishing touch ups of the paint, and were rudely interrupted by a huge thunder storm. but once it settled down, we went our for a little afternoon fun, and this time Steve and his dad were finally able to join us.
Our daughter's favorite pass time is crawdad fishing so we went to the lake to see if anything was biting.
And sure enough, they were! We caught a record number of crawdads in a record amount of time!
The stairs are all done, and we even had time for some fun before we had to head home from the cabin. We would have loved to stay longer, but we had to get the girl back home for work tomorrow.
It's Saturday night, so our daughter and Steve's mom went up to town to play bingo. It ended up being a very profitable night, winning $11.50 at pickles and another $20.50 on bingo! What a night!
Then on their way home, they had two bear cubs run right in front of the car, and one stopped and stood up on it's hind legs and looked at them before continuing on. As they turned onto the cabin drive way, there stood a beautiful doe right in front of them.
To win at bingo, and see such beautiful wildlife doesn't happen on just any ordinary night, so this had to be the luckiest night ever at the cabin!
Steve's mom broke her leg about a month ago, so our timing in coming back to Colorado has been perfect for helping them with a couple of items.
One of the things that came to mind was getting the cabin opened up for the summer. I think the biggest part is getting the water flowing again, and that went very well with the exception of needing to rebuild the toilet. Not a big deal! While the boys rebuilt the toilet, we girls made some lunch.
Grandma frying bacon for BLT's. Yum!
The gluten free girl having to slice the bread, how mean is that?
After lunch we started in on the work. Grandma and our youngest hung the humming bird feeder. Or at least they tried. As they began to hang it, they realized that the board it was hooked to was falling off the wall. So the hummingbird feeder project became a bit more of a job.
Finally the hummingbird feeder was successfully hung.
I took pictures of the work for awhile, but then decided that it would be more fun for Steve's mom to take the pictures as she sat and watched the work (sitting is something she is not good at). She did a great job with the pictures, but unfortunately, her vantage point from the bench wasn't the best.
So many pine needles and branches!
The mighty photographer herself.
Hanging all our work towels out to dry.
When the work was all done, we took a drive around the area to see what was happening.
And of course a drive around Red Feather includes a trip down Elf Lane.
Our youngest daughter even helped grandma put a new elf out.
The snow capped mountains peeking out from behind the lake.
A special treat before bed of homemade smoothies.
After a long day of work, it was time to call it a night.
When we got up on Wednesday morning, it was time to help our daughter clean her car. She really doesn't have an easy way to clean it up at school, so we thought it would be fun to help her out, while grandma once again photographed it for us.
Floor mats first.
Our final job of the trip was to bring the paddle boat back from one of the lakes, but before we loaded it up, we decided to take it out for a spin.
It was a gorgeous day at the cabin and out on the lake, which made it so hard to leave it all behind. But we had a dinner date with one of Morgan's friends that we were super excited about, so we brought the paddle boat back to the cabin and headed out for dinner.
