Halloween in Colorado

Last Thursday, Gail and I traveled to Colorado Springs for our annual Halloween extravaganza with Andria, Dave, Nora, Soren, Susanna, Stella (cat), and Yukon (dog).  I took a few random iPhone pics.

Seven Bridges Trail

 The weather was perfect for hiking, and we took advantage of it.

 We hiked up about 2,000 feet to this ridge with its large aspen groves.

 On Saturday, we took an early morning hike on the Interman Trail.  That's Garden of the Gods in the center of the picture.  We went cross country up a peak, climbing about 1,700 feet.  Away from dogs, bikes, and hikers, we found interesting scat of bobcat, cougar, fox, and bear.  I will do a separate scat feature at a later date.

Baggin' the peak!

 Nora getting ready to take exuberant Yukon for a walk.

 The kitchen is the hub of activity, and the kids get to participate fully.  Susanna decorating ghost cupcakes, Soren looking on, and Andria multitasking as usual.

 Susanna shows off one of her ghost creations.

Voila!  Andria and Susanna with ghost cakes.

Susanna insisted on doing her own pumpkin cutting.  She made a fine cat!

Gail and Susanna had a blast playing "dress up"...

...and doing art.

 Monday, we had a little time to hike around Garden of the Gods, a large city park.

 Halloween, and Gail and I charge out the gates.

Happy Halloween from Colorado Springs!  For an incredible Halloween story starring the above characters, go to Andria's blog at this link        http://nora-and-soren.blogspot.com/