Camping in the rainI managed to sleep in and woke up moments before a couple of guys arrived to clean out our gutters. This was a huge relief post-moving, as the gutters were growing their own weed garden and were clearly ineffective in their job of draining water. This meant the morning was slightly hectic, but we eventually sat down to coffee, fried eggs and I fried up a slice of yesterday’s Life-Changing Bread… aka the Seed Bread as I have been calling it.

The plan was to go camping in the same spot where we were married just over five years ago. Our wedding was in a beautiful field below the mountains and in the evening they let us take over the spot with at least 20+ of our friends to have a bonfire and camp. It was such a memorable way to continue the day’s celebration and to spend a bit more time with those who do not travel our way much.

We were thrilled to take our kids there for the first time! Juliette and I did some last minute grocery shopping for Steak Fajita ingredients. The next morning’s plan was to make Almond Pancakes. We camped last weekend and managed to forget a spatula, so ended up scratching the pancake idea to head out to breakfast in Lyons instead. Almost needless to say, Juliette keeps insisting on Almond Pancakes for this camping trip!

Kissing ZedSo, those were the plans. Juliette, Zed and I headed to Whole Foods for a handful of Fajita ingredients: peppers, whole wheat tortillas and limes as well as a few cookies from the bulk section for a sweet treat. I also picked up a Pale Ale called Bridal Veil, which seemed sweetly appropriate for the return to our Wedding location. Juliette and I also had a bit of lunch from the Whole Foods buffet including a Green Bean Salad, chicken, Macaroni & Cheese and fruit. She mostly devoured the fruit.

Packing the car came next and then we were off to Conifer. A couple of stops and traffic delayed the trip, but soon we were pulling up to a small building sprinkled generously with white stuff! As we got closer to the campground we thought… snow? No, hail! And mud. And huge puddles everywhere, including the tent pad.

We jumped out and started to unpack slightly determined to make the best of the surprising weather situation. (Please note, in typical Colorado fashion the weather was gorgeous just 500 feet or so below.) The fire got started after scooping hail out of the ring, but soon the rain was dripping all over us. Dumping. We have camped and backpacked in all sorts of crazy weather, but somehow living merely 40 minutes from this place made the option of going home a bit brighter. Zed, at only 8-weeks old was making it clear that this was not his idea of fun. As the rain picked up we questioned if the fire would last or how we could cook up those Fajitas. We enjoyed a beer and cookies for about an hour, while taking pictures and attempting to make the best of it. Soon enough the rain won and we packed up.

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The only way to get Juliette away from the fire and into the car was to promise pasta and remind her that no one had packed gloves for her chilled hands. When we had planned our wedding years ago, we spent time exploring the restaurants in the area and had dined at One World Cafe frequently. Going there seemed the only way to make up for the sad change in plans.

photo-17Juliette had the promised pasta of Spaghetti & Meatballs, Xerxes’ was thrilled to find grass-fed beef Burgers on the menu. And I had the Strawberry Fields Salad which included not only strawberries, but brie and grilled chicken. If you check out the main photo on the One World Cafe website it appears to be my salad.

Since dessert had happened earlier we ended up skipping it and headed back. The children fell asleep in the car and we crawled into bed as soon as possible.

Sweet dreams to you!

Chef Lilly

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