Ava's first camping trip

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Friday Jason worked the morning and then we packed up the car and drove to Lakewood, co to pick up our friend kent.  The girls were crying loudly when he got in the car, but we settled quickly and did a decent job of enjoying the traffic on I-70 as we drove to Breckenridge.

Friday night we stayed at Angela and Kent's house in Breck, and planned to leave very early Sat morning to get to Durgango in time for a wedding.  While we were visiting Friday night, Kent was outside on his gravel drive way and a truck drove up:
"Hey.  We are pavers and had a job to do nearby, but it didn't happen because of a broken water pipe.  So we have all the materials and equipment ready to do.  Do you want your drive way paved for a good deal."
Random.  But it happened.  So we spent Friday night watching a crew of 30 guys pave the driveway!

Sat we drove from Breck to Durango, through some of the state we'd never seen before.  We even stopped to buy elk and buffalo jerkey (yummmmmm!!).

We had a fun time at the wedding, which was at a campground.  We took our giant tent and were thankful it did not rain.  We stayed long enough to do some brief dancing before putting ourselves to bed.  Everyone had a decent night's sleep and Ava did an awesome job on her first camping night.

Sunday morning we each went for a short run before packing up and saying goodbye.  We didn't get on the road until after 10am, and decided to drive home along the million dollar highway from Durgano to Ouray via Silverton (home of the HardRock 100).  We stopped in Buena Vista for dinner, and then had to endure a very unhappy Ava for the evening drive home.

I have to share that we have become somewhat addicted to an app called 'Gas Buddy'.  We started it on our road trip to look for the cheapest gas nearby.  Now we have become reporters, so every time we pass a gas station we report the prices.  There are levels and categories of reporting, so it's pretty fun to try and get to the next level.  For every handful of reports, you get an entry into a weekly lottery for $250 gas.  Jason is determined to win!

Looking forward to more camping and exploring in the future.