Durango Day 2

About a week after we got home from our road trip, we packed up and headed out for a vacation with my parents in Durango.  We had planned on bringing Shea with us, but her parents wouldn't let her go, so she's spending the week in respite again. 

We drove out after work yesterday, and stopped in Raton to sleep.  Then we got up and headed out to Durango this morning.  We thought we were going to be pretty early, but with Reese wanting to use the potty rather than her diaper (good for her, but we were going to wait until after this vacation!), we actually got there much later than we expected.  The cabin is beautiful.  We drove into the neighborhood, I guess that's what you'd call it...it was very remote and the roads were dirt and VERY hilly...I don't think we'd be able to get up to the house in the winter.  Even though the house is only about 1.5 miles from the road, it takes over 5 minutes to get up to it!  There are homes all around, but everyone has a few acres (about 3 probably), and the area has so many rocks, hills, and trees, that it feels quite secluded.  Our family slept upstairs.  Mitch and I got a master bedroom with a huge, king-sized bed, and a bathroom to die for including a large jetted tub.  Our windows overlook a cliff that is right outside the window, so it's very private. 

Since it's the 4th of July, we asked the guy who manage the property were he suggested going out to look at fireworks, and he said that Silverton has the best fireworks in the area.  Reese was pretty much done for the day by the time it got dark, and my mom was pretty tired too, so they stayed back at the cabin while my dad, Mitch, Witten and I all drove out to Silverton to watch the fireworks.  On the way into town, there were cars parked all along the side of the road.  W found a little parking area that seemed to overlook where they would be shooting off the fireworks, so we parked there and climbed up a hill.  We found a nice place to put our blanket, and settled in for the show.  It was so fun watching Witten experience his first fireworks show.