My daily doings

What I did when I was in Nebraska and Colorado.
***BE PREPARED!!! This is a long post!!***

Day 1:

• We left at 3:15 PM
• We went to a few stores before leaving
• I watched Despicable Me in the car 

• We arrived in Nebraska (NE) at around 10:00 PM
• There was a b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l sunset! (it was the one I entered in Kiley's contest)

I think this is a different photo, but it's the same sunset.

 Day 2:

• My mom and my younger brother got a haircut
• We bought fireworks

• My grandpa (I call him Opa) made us brotchun (a kind of bread)

• We visited with family
• My friend Megan came and visited 

• We had a firework show at my grandparents house

• We had potatoes, fruit, and pork for dinner 

Day 3:

• I woke up at 5:30 AM
• We left for Colorado at 7:00 AM
• There were stinky cows... random.
• We had Runza for lunch

Runza is a restaurant that well, sells runzas! They aren't very common, but it is a very good restaurant.

• I slept in the car for 2 hours
• I watched "The Dark Knight"

• We crossed a time zone difference. It is one hour earlier than in the Twin Cities
• We were at my grandparents' condo at 3:25
• I went swimming with my family
• We had meat loaf, corn, and fruit for dinner

Day 4:

• Opa made an egg casserole for breakfast 
• I ate a sandwich for lunch (start counting how many sandwiches I ate!)
• I went swimming again
• I posted here on my blog
• My mom, Luke, and I played tennis

• We went to a very cool firework show, but we had to wait for 3 hours!

• We had tacos for dinner

Day 5:

• I ate pancakes for breakfast
• We went to a place called "The Y Camp"
• Sandwiches for lunch (2!)
• My family went on a 3.5 mile hike to a waterfall

• We played miniture golf
• Chicken, corn on the cob, green beans, and carrots for dinner
• All 7 of us (4 from my family, my grandparents, and my aunt Melanie), played Up and Down the River (it's hard to explain, but it's a card game)

Day 6:

• Eggs with bacon for breakfast
• sandwiches for lunch (more...)
• All 7 of us went to Rocky Mountain National Park (there was LOTS of elk)

• My family hiked 3 miles; the hike was miserable! It rained, it was lightning, it thundered... there was mud. AND!! I ruined my new shoes!

• We saw the Continental Divide 

• We had spaghetti for dinner
•  Swimming again
• My brother and I got souvenirs  

Day 7:

• I had taco salad for breakfast (I'm not a big breakfast eatter..)
• My brother, mom, and I went horseback riding for an hour. My mom rode a horse named Tork (male), Luke rode a horse named Slim (female), and I rode a horse called Junior (male). Luke and my horse's were mates.. [sorry! No pictures! My mom took all of the pictures because I didn't have a place for my camera!]
• We had hotdogs for lunch
• My grandparents and my family went on a free ski lift ride up a mountain
• I had pizza for dinner
• My brother and I went swimming {for the last time}

• I finished a book called Radical by David Platt

Day 8:

• Ice cream with cereal for breakfast (we had to finish the ice cream... can't take that in the car!)
• We left Colorado at 8:06 Mountain Time
• We were back at my grandparents house at 6:10 Central Time
• We had chicken nuggets, watermelon, fruit punch, and veggies for dinner 

Day 9:

•  My grandpa made brotchun for breakfast again (he makes it every Saturday)

• My family left at 10:50 AM
•  We had Burger King for lunch
• We were home at 5:05 PM