Vacation
Vacationing this week in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
For years while we were in the thick of child-raising,
my husband and I dreamed of getaways and time to ourselves.
Now, most of the time we love being empty nesters.
But Pagosa is where we always had our family vacation.
A week every summer for all of our married years.
When our children were young, we bonded over campfires, shooting bb guns,
hiking to the falls, fishing in the pond, trips to the general store, yard games and kite flying.
As they got older, they invited friends to join us and we kept the old traditions but added
fishing in the river, card games, Spike Ball, ATV excursions, more challenging hikes,
river tubing, and trips to the hot springs.
Not to mention several trips to the hospital for (thankfully!) relatively minor accidents.
Now we're alone and its every bit as beautiful.
But a little too quiet. We miss our kids.
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