From Tucson we drove up to Colorado for our next month-long stay in Woodland Park, a small community about half an hour from Colorado Springs. It was so beautiful there and we had a perfect view of Pike’s Peak from our neighborhood.
One of the first places we went was the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. They have petrified redwood stumps there that were huge! They also have a really impressive collection of insect, plant and spider fossils, including the tsetse fly which now only lives in Asia. Many of the fossils found here don’t grow/live in America anymore, which is fascinating.
Triplets in front of triplets! The only trio of petrified redwoods in existence.
This home was part of Adeline Hornbeck’s homestead. She claimed land in the 1870s under the Homestead Act and became the owner of a prosperous ranch. She had 4 children and no husband so it was no small feat. I can’t imagine trying to tame land in this harsh environment.
We were thrilled to wake up our first morning in Colorado to a bunch of deer in our front yard!
A view of Pike’s Peak from the top of a mountain in our neighborhood.
A few days after we arrived there was a late spring snow storm that brought 6-10 inches of snow and 24 hours without electricity. The kids thought sledding in mid-May was pretty fantastic, especially because the deer still came to hang out in our yard.
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