Continental Divide/St. Elmo

Today we headed for the Continental Divide. I was told that if you stand on one side, your phone will tell you it is one time, but then if you cross the other side and wait a few minutes, it will reset and read a different time.

Liars. :D

Here we are - minus Lee 'cause he's taking the picture! - posing by the sign.

Gosh! Too bad I hadn't read Stephanie Hock's blog post about letting more light into your pictures BEFORE this trip! It was noon-ish...but it looks late! Here's Mom and Dad also posing casually by the sign.



Tram ride to the top of the mountain? Heck yes! And even though Lee was sort of whimpering ever time we hit a little bump, he didn't cry once! :D

Here are the Wright's in their tram car. (Note Kendra's cute hat...I totally want one! I'll also show you a better picture of it later!)

Here we are straddling the Continental Divide. (Sydney is such a HAM!)

Here we are at the top of the overlook...Gorgeous views! Don't know it you can tell, but it was a little breezy up there. (See Spencer holding his hat on?)

Next stop was St. Elmo's, a ghost town. (And before you even ask, Jennie...I saw no evidence of their fire!) You can see Spencer and I in the picture above, but all those other random people were strangers. I'm sure the goal was the BUILDING...In fact, I think I'm only in it by accident! :D

Lee loved wandering through and taking pictures. I posted only a fraction of what he took! It was a very cool little old town!

At the first stop here, we picked up a brochure. I began to read out loud, to help us have a better understanding of the history of this charming place.

But it got kinda long...

Lee is a bit of a sucker. See the boys hats? New. And pricey. But SUPER CUTE!

Here is Kara in her brand new sunglasses. She leaves them on. And gets mad if you take them off her. Funny. Mine liked glasses for about 7 seconds. Oh! And as promised...The better picture of Kendra's cute hat. I wanted to buy one, too, but the one I liked was the SAME...and I didn't want to be a copycat! :D

What a cool place to visit! Very interesting.

Although if you ever go there, I suggest stopping somewhere to go to the bathroom first.

Stinkiest. Outhouse. Ever.

Ew.

We headed back to camp, by way of Safeway, where dad bought each of the kids their own pint of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream. There are no pictures of that, though. They all ate it too quick! Since it was Dad's birthday, we did some gift exchanging. (What do you get the guy who buys himself everything?) Then it was the end of another great day..