Month: February 2018

Turning 10 at 10,000 ft.

The house in Leadville has seen its share of Micronaxx milestones—e.g. Finn turning four and getting a huge Lego truck; Hen turning two (cupcakes!) and three (fireman backpack!). This year the timing of the boys’ school vacation meant that we celebrated Finnster’s tenth (TENTH!!) birthday a bit early. After a fun day of skiing, we brought home some Pizza Hut “cuisine” (Finn’s request 😌) to enjoy with the mint chip ice cream he & Grandpa whipped up. Like me, Finn enjoys savoring the opening of presents, and as you can see in the photo gallery, we had to restrain Hen from blurting out info prematurely. 🤣 In any case, everyone had a ball!

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High above Leadville

Sometimes being at 10,200ft. already just isn’t quite enough, so I brought my drone with us to capture some shots of Leadville from above. 🚁

Below you can see Cozy Liggett Manor (second house from the left). Click and drag on the photo (you can do this, Mom! 😉) in order to look in all directions, or click here to view it larger on Google Maps.

Finn got in on the flying, and in the short movie below you can briefly see us waving at the camera.

Later the guys dropped me off downtown so that I could do a little flying on my own. Check out the town’s main drag after it got a fresh coating of snow:

And lastly, here’s another 360º image, this time showing the town bathed in some beautiful late-afternoon sunshine (see it larger):

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Dogsledville!

Even twelve hours later, I kinda can’t believe it: we took the dudes dogsledding today!

Yesterday en route home from a great day of skiing (more on that soon), we happened to spy in the distance tiny teams of what looked to be dogs pulling sleds. Sure enough, Alpine Adventures (“Your destination for dog-powered fun!” ☺️) is happy to host little tours and even let you try driving a sled! We booked a lunchtime session and were delighted to take turns driving, riding in the sled, and riding in a little sleigh behind a snowmobile (as the dogs pull just two people at a time).

We learned a ton from our guide Joe, a transplant from Georgia who’s been working with dogs for a decade. Just in case you were curious, each dog can run up to 20 miles per day, consumes roughly 6,000 calories worth of meat & other food each day, and comfortably lives outside all winter in his or her own little straw-filled barrel—as you can see in the pictures. Check out this gallery from the day plus a couple of quick videos below.

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Foamy Hailstorm: Denver Edition

Post author By The Nack Daddy
Post date February 19, 2018
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Our trip to Colorado got off to a rousing start as the boys joined their Nerf-loving cousins Patrick & Charlie for a battle royale at the nearby “Dart Warz” (i.e. a suburban warehouse full of sugared-up pre-teens & flying projectiles; what could be better? 😉). Here’s a brief taste of the action:

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Valentine’s Greetings

Mom-O treated the guys to some really charming cards when they came down to breakfast on Wednesday, and not wanting to be outdone, I whipped up a little drawing of their buds Leo, Ollie, and Bert the Buffalo. Meanwhile they received some great cards from Auntie Laura, Grandpa Liggett, and Grandma & Grandpa Nack (the last of I happened to catch on video). Just for yuks & posterity, here’s what we drew. 🙂

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Science Fair!

The lads got their learnin’ on over the last couple of weeks, conducting experiments with conductivity (Finn) and plate tectonics (Hen). Here’s a brief peek at Willow Glen Elementary’s science fair, held last night: