Mt. Evans

I decided to take the kids on a little adventure to Mt. Evans.

It is the only "14er" that you can drive to the top. I thought

that it would be a lot of fun, until I started driving up and up

and up and up. I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

I was white fisting the steering wheel. I was so scared. The

road was just getting more and more narrow. If a car was

coming at you I felt like you were scraping sides. And there

are no side rails. Just shear drop offs. You go over and you're

dead. I even found myself leaning to the right like I was helping

the car stay on the road. I was so scared. But we made it. The

kids thought it was really cool. I love this picture that Sadie

took of Jaxon looking out the window. What a sight.

On one of our hairpin turns I noticed several cars parked

on the side of the road. I started cursing. What are you

doing? There were a dozen or so goats on the hill, that they

had stopped to take pictures of. It was cool, but stay in your

car and don't stop drivning. You are causing a traffic jam.

It became one lane traffic. Some of the goats got scared and

ran down onto the road and then they were walking right by

us. IT was pretty cool. Sadie was taking these pictures right

outside her window.

This is the top of the road. There is a bathroom here and

lookout points. But then you have to hike a small trail to

get to the top. I was already feeling the effects of the altitude

and Ruby was totally freaked out so Sadie took the other kids

to the top.

Here they are at the top.

What a day. Cory does not want to experience this. So

We probably won't go back. Although I was much more

calm going down.