Hiya! On Day 2 of our trip to Colorado, we went to our little log cabin in Pitkin, a rural town in the mountains. Pitkin is at an elevation of 9,241 feet. Look at what the low air pressure does to our bags. xD
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| all puffy |
Well, anyways our cabin was beautiful. Inside, there were 2 floors, or maybe 3 floors, if you count the tiny loft you can get to by a ladder on the 2nd floor, but I think it's too small to count. The loft is really fun to be in because it overlooks the parents' bedroom. We would go up there and play Pokémon cards and stuff. Us kids also had our own bedroom with 3 beds and a really cool alarm clock that projects the time onto the ceiling. ere 2 bathrooms total, which I don't think was enough for all 8 of us, even though it was supposed to be a 14-person cabin. There's also a balcony overlooking the driveway, but that wasn't as awesome as most would think because it was covered in sap. Downstairs, there was another bedroom which had a bunkbed and another queen-sized one. There was also a mini kitchen, a dining table, a random other table, and 4 sofas around a fluffy rug in front of a fireplace, where we cooked s'mores.
In the morning, we walked around outside of the cabin. It's extremely dry in Colorado, so our lips cracked after a while. Pitkin is only 0.3 square miles (I just found that out) so it isn't easy to get lost. The roads are mostly dirt and gravel, but the main road is paved.
Later we went up the mountains to the Alpine Tunnel, which I believe used to be a train that went through the mountains that transported cattle from Colorado to California. The drive up took about an hour and ½. We took the "Razor", which is kind of like a Jeep® except without windows, and I think it's a little smaller, but I may be mistaken.
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| This is the razor. |
On our way up we encountered a waterfall. No, actually we were waiting for our uncle to catch up on his motorcycle and randomly started hiking and found it.
Unfortunately, when we got up the mountain to the Alpine Tunnel, a hailstorm started. We ate sandwiches with some difficulty in the hail and then drove down the mountain at like 20 mph, which was about double the speed we went up at.
The rest of the day wasn't interesting; the hailstorm stopped, but we just hung out around the cabin. We ate taco soup/salad/I'm-not-really-sure-but-it-was-tasty for dinner & then played Apples to Apples all night. :D
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