Starting Mileage Breckenridge: 10,647
Ending Mileage arriving Littleton, CO: 10,767
Miles Driven: 120
Avg. MPG: 7.9
Gas Price: $3.59--Littleton, CO
Overnight: Denver, Colorado
Chatfield State Park
Travel and Visiting Day
We were up early this morning so we could get to the state park and obtain a site. We spent most of the drive going downhill.
As we arrived in the Denver area to visit our granddaughter, Stephanie (age 11), and her family. As we looked out across the valley, we were shocked at the amount of smog in the area. I always think of Denver as having crisp, clean air. Not that day!
Very soon after we arrived into the Denver valley, we were at Chatfield State Park area. We had to drive quite a distance to enter the park at an entrance that didn't have a building overhang under which we had to drive.
We arrived at the check-in at 10:30 A.M. and obtained the last full-service site available. It had a great view of an open field. The site had an easy pull-in and plenty of room to park and play. We had a nice picnic table and fire pit. Surprisingly, the state park had WiFi service; but unfortunately, we were so far out from the booster that we couldn't get a signal that was strong enough to log on to the Internet.
Note that we have our awning out. This is only the second time we have put it out.
We called Kimberly (our granddaughter's mother) to let her know we arrived and made arrangements to go to her home later in the afternoon.
We arrived at Kimberly & Tom's beautiful home around 2:30 PM. We visited with her, Thomas (their 9-mos. old son) and their dog (a yellow Labrador retriever named Sandy). At 3:30, we left to get the kids from school. Met Emily (age 7) as she was riding her bike home. Then, off to get Stephanie.
After the kids ate their snacks, we visited for a while, they showed us how to play Wii, and they opened their birthday presents. Stephanie's birthday was in August and Emily's was the day before we arrived.
Later, Stephanie played her cello for us.
Stephanie is so grown up and quite a special young lady--as is her sister, Emily. Note: The pictures that I took in the house of Emily and Thomas were out of focus and not flattering. So, see tomorrow's blog to view pictures of them.
We all went out to dinner at Sweet Tomatoes and enjoyed having more time with the kids to get re-acquainted. Tomorrow is a school day (albeit half-day), so we were back home about 7:30 PM so the kids could get some homework completed. They'll be over to the campsite tomorrow after school.
Dave and I headed for bed fairly early, after making the grocery list for tomorrow's cookout with the kids at the campsite.
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