Castle Dome is an old mining town about an hour north of us. We tried to go last year, but they close for the summer (like most things do around here). We were talking about trying to go again this year and realized our window of opportunity was closing quickly, so we decided to seize the day that Ben had half a day off of work and make a venture up. It was a very spontaneous decision and I told the kids, "Okay, we're skipping science today and going on an adventure! Let's go explore!". Eli loves it when we do this and Alison hates it. It stresses her out and she was a nervous nellie the whole drive.
We had the place to ourselves! Another thing that I love and Alison strongly dislikes. The bigger the crowd, the better in her books...so a ghost town that we had to ourselves was not her favorite.
Eli ate this place up. He loved it all! I think he spent the whole time saying, "Daddy look!" and then Ben would talk to him about whatever he was exploring. I am so thankful that Ben jumps in and teaches them whenever he has the opportunity.
Only Colin can rock the 'daddy's hat and sister's glasses' look.
It's called Castle Dome after the rock that looks like a dome on top of the mountain. We also learned that this cactus is called an ocotillo.
On the way home, we had dinner at Prison Hill Brewery.
An hour away trip felt like a big deal to Eli and packed himself pj's for the car ride. Ben compromised with him for dinner attire and let him wear the pj shirt with regular pants. I wonder at what point during 7 does pj obsession stop...
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