I've got a name

Like the pine trees lining the winding road, I've got a name...
At long last we received Genevieve's revised birth certificate. Her name is now officially Genevieve.

Movin' us down the highway...

Last weekend Grandma and Grandpa Stangel came to visit. To celebrate the occasion, and the end of a long, beautiful Colorado summer, we decided to venture up to Georgetown to ride the historic Georgetown Loop Railroad, and tour the 1870s era Lebanon silver mine.

The train crossing the high bridge just above Devil's Gate (Georgetown, Colo)

The train ride was a huge success. It was a gorgeous fall afternoon in the Rockies, as the train chugged along the 3-mile loop from Silver Plume to Georgetown and back. Alex loved the train (no surprise there!) and we all enjoyed the trip.

Afterward as the sun began to set behind the mountains we stopped at the Plume Saloon -- possibly the only restaurant in Silver Plume. It had exactly one table, in the corner by the fireplace. But they served some outstanding burgers and deep-fried lamb chops (lamb lollipops), and cheap pitchers of Killian's.

Genevieve and Grandpa watch the Broncos beat the Raiders

In other adventures, Daddy has been tuning up his recumbent tricycle (just in time for winter?). Yesterday Alex and I took it out for a ride to shake off the dust and test out the repairs.


It was only going to be a quick shakedown ride, but we ended up circumnavigating Berthoud. Along the way we stopped at the Berthoud Barley Days festival at the park. It was about to wrap up, but we had time to play at the bouncey castles and hear some live music.

Alex plays with Mia, the daughter of our friends Davin and Alicia