Aspen

As you can tell from the previous post, we're in Aspen for the week. Oliver is here visiting the Center for Physics, and Julian and I drove up so Julian could visit the Center as well. It has a most excellent little network of streams running through the grassy lawn, with enough sticks and pebbles to supply hours of throwing-things-in-the-water fun.



We've been having a great time. Today we went for a hike, which means I carried all 25+ pounds of Julian in the hiking backpack (which he loves) for about a quarter mile along the Rio Grande Trail to Herron Park. Where, of course, we had to stop and throw more rocks in the water!



Last year the weather was hotter, but the water was equally freezing. The water was higher back then, too. Today it was just right for wading out and getting to the good rocks.



Of course we also had to check out the swings and slides at the park. And then we saw a ladybug! It crawled on to Julian's hand and up his fingers, at which point Julian said, "He's climbing a ladder!"



Then Julian walked all the way back to the car, with an all-too-brief (in his opinion) stop by the skate park to watch the big boys on their skateboards ("I want a skateboard."), and we went to pick up Daddy. After a reasonably nice dinner at Bentley's during which J scarfed ravioli and watched tourists on Segways out the window, we walked back through the mall in the rain... and saw a beautiful rainbow over the mountains. A nice way to finish our trip.