Saturday was a fun-filled, very exhausting day. The YMCA of the Rockies has tons of, for lack of a better word, classes for kids/families that you can sign up for each day, for free. When we checked in on Friday, they gave us a schedule and Brian and I planned our days around the ones we thought the kids would enjoy. So, Saturday morning they went to their first class called "Little Explorers" (by the way, what's neat about these is that the parents don't have to attend. So you can drop them off and go do something else. We mostly did stay, though, because we didn't have anything better to do, but we didn't have to do anything, just watch). The Little Explorers class had them going on a scavenger hunt around the camp. They liked it. There is also a craft building where you can go buy crafts and make them. Brian did that with them in the morning. After lunch at our cabin, I took them to a Bugs class (where they actually caught bugs and did a bug craft) and a parachute class where they played games with a giant parachute and several other kids. All were great classes and they had a great time. I also have to mention that the instructors (college students) were all great. They were very good with the kids, energetic and well prepared. Two thumbs up for the classes at the YMCA!!!
After the afternoon classes, we hopped in the car and drove the two miles to Rocky Mountain National Park and went up the Trail Ridge Road. Unfortunately (and we knew this ahead of time) most of it was still under snowpack, so it was mostly closed. We were able to drive up the first 1/3 of the road, up to about 10,000 ft., still under the treeline. But, we still had spectacular views and the kids were duly impressed. That's where I took all of these pictures.
After that little drive (in which no one got carsick!!) we went back for dinner at one of the Y's restaurants, then for a quick evening swim and then to bed. We were all exhaused by the end of the day!!
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