Bob and Connie's home in Snowmass... and John Denver country - by all 3

After Mesa Verde we headed north on our way to returning the RV in Denver. We stopped by a National Refuge named Two Ponds. (You can guess how many ponds there were.) Closer to Denver we went on a Gold Mining Tour and panned for gold. Zaddek found a jackpot of pyrite but it wasn't in the water, it was on the hill where we were sliding down trying to stay on our feet which didn't happen much. We had fun but Mom was upset with how dirty our pants were.

On our last night in the RV we stayed at a cool campsite with a playground and cool crystals in the gift shop.

The next morning we said goodbye to the RV and said hello to our good old van. It felt even more cramped then before. Then off to Bob and Connie's.

We arrived to Bob and Connie's who have an amazing house with lots of green grass, a pond, horse fields all around them, mountains in the distance and a dog haven. Their foos ball table was great fun and we had a private concert when Ellen came over to dinner and played guitar for us.

Bob and Connie took us for hikes in the mountains and showed us around Snowmass and Aspen. We went to John Denver's Windstar Foundation land and had a picnic at the John Denver Sanctuary in Aspen. The sanctuary had rocks with songs engraved in them and gardens with rivers and waterfalls. It was very pretty and we had fun there.

Bob and Connie were very kind hosts. They made us great meals and had lots of treats for us. Connie took us to her friends to see the horses and we got to ride in Bob and Connie's SUV a lot.

We went to a concert at a chapel in the mountains that was a tribute to John Denver with singers who knew John. Unfortunately they didn't sing John Denver songs so we wished we had tomatoes.

After staying an extra night it was finally time to start our journey back to Florida via the Great Sand Dunes and Diamond Mining.