We wanted to do something fun as a family this weekend. Jeff found this Castle in Rye, CO. This guy had always had a dream of owning his own castle. At age 15 he bought the land and has been slowly building it himself little by little. It was amazing to see, although a bit scary at times.
This is inside in the bottom, he has all sorts of little crannies and caves made out of the stone and cement.
The amazing thing was all the STAIRS. There were stairs everywhere, multiple staircases that all went up, up, up. Dallin and I made it about half way up and decided to head down, we both got a bit scared on those steel stairs that circled up. We headed down to the gift shop with Alyssa while Jeff took Jackie and Brea up to the very top.
This is the view from the top, it was way up there. I am glad I came down when I did, it kind of scares me just looking at the picture.
It was inspiring to see what he had accomplished. He is now in his 60's and he has a beautiful castle. Just proves what is possible. Afterwards we took the family out to eat at 3 Margaritas. It was fun to eat out, a real treat for us because it is very rare. When Jeff asked the kids when was the last time we ate out they remember a time a year ago when we went to Denver for the weekend. The kids were pretty well behaved, it helps that they are a bit older. The only problem we encountered was Alyssa throwing food over the seat bench into the adjacent booth. We didn't even realize she was doing it...until the man in the booth next to ours leaned over and kindly mentioned that our daughter was throwing her food over the seat, a bit embarrassing. The joy of life with a two year old. She keeps things exciting.
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