6/25/2023 0 Comments Santa Fe getaway
take awaysI've been trying to figure out how to reconcile the history of my indigenous roots with the insensitive and misleading narrative of the Thanksgiving holiday. Since we have stopped celebrating, I have wondered what will I do to honor and show respect of the history and culture of the native tribes of the North American region. This trip felt like a lot of awareness and learning was beginning to be built for us as a family. I have more of a mission to expose them and educate them on Native American history, art, and culture to build respect and appreciation. I think this is where I am at with it now. I like the idea that my money is going towards these people when I buy art made by natives on a reservation. I want to keep doing that. I also want to keep going to places like museums and cultural meccas where my kids can be reminded of all of the diversity of life. This is how we avoid the small-mindedness that can sometimes come out of small town America. My mountain town is absolutely beautiful and forested and lovely, however it is lacking in diversity and culture. I want my kids to have a wider perspective of the world around them. This trip was certainly an excellent addition to that life-long goal. We will always be looking for that.
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6/6/2023 0 Comments Rocky Mountain National ParkWeatherIt was a beautiful and very rainy 3 hour drive to Estes Park. While my husband stayed home to work, I took the kids to Rocky Mountain National Park to initiate the summer season. We drove straight to RMNP and did a short 2 mile hike in the rain. It was not the weather I was hoping for but we still enjoyed the scenery and the fresh rain air. We went to a pizza place and then back to the lodge where we explored the grounds and checked in for the night. The next morning, we went to a coffee shop for breakfast and decided try Deer Mountain in RMNP. This would be a 6 mile hike and smallish mountain summit. It was something that was realistically accomplished before the forecasted rain. After a year of cross country, track, and mountain biking; the 3 mile climb to the top of deer mountain seemed easy for Henry. I was almost running just to keep up with him. This is what we always talked about though. We wanted our kids to be so comfortable and confident in the outdoors so that they could go out and have their own adventures and life a full life grounded in nature and appreciation for life. Now Henry seeks out adventure with his friends. He goes hiking after school and on the weekend hikes 27 miles in a day! Hiking in Colorado is not the same as hiking in the PNW or most other places. Hiking here means you usually climbing up steep grades to get to vast view points. So 6 miles here is different than 6 miles in the Redwoods or Olympic. That is just a walk in the woods. Hiking here is an endurance sport. After our hike we went to this incredible bakery/deli called Scratch. We went back and watched a movie at the lodge and then headed out again for roller skating, long boarding, and mini golf. This morning we will head home and go through Boulder on our way. We will walk on the famous Pearl Street and then finally make our way back home to see the dogs and Allen. We miss them.
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