Happy 80th Birthday,
Dad!
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On February 14th, Barb's dad,
Walt, celebrated his 80th birthday!
We drove over the following
weekend for a family party.
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Dad wanted the gang to go bowling, then lunch at Fuddruckers.
We had great fun!
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Here's some of the best photos - from Walt, Darel & Shannon, and us.
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In addition to the Hane family, Laurel's sister, Karen and her husband, Chris, joined us,
as well as Darel, Shannon, Chase & Jacob.
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Karen's daughter,
Heidi, & grandson,
Cooper, joined us
and little Lily. |
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Darel gives
Chase his 1st
bowling lesson. |
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Next, it was burgers and birthday cake at Fuddruckers!
We also celebrated Jerry's February 18th and Shannon's March 5th birthdays.
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Other highlights of our trip...
Friday night we stayed with Sean & Laurie.
They treated us to a perch fry from their
fishing trip that day near Fort Collins.
Luckily, they caught 40 perch because those
fillets - though tasty - aren't very big.
It took 2 beers for Sean & Steve to fillet them all!
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As we drove into Evergreen, we were
surprised to see this white yearling deer!
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We started our drive back home Sunday afternoon,
but had to turn back to Evergreen due to
snowy winter roads!
Monday was a much prettier day, but we had to
turn around again - since Kenosha Pass was closed.
We went back to Pine, down to Deckers, then Hwy 24 over to Hwy 285 south of where the highway was still closed from Kenosha to Hartsel due to blowing snow. We still saw our share of ground blizzards on Hwy 24!
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The top of Monarch Pass - 11,312' elevation.
Would you believe that is the gift
shop under that pile of snow?!
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