We stuck around southern Colorado a few extra days because we really wanted to go to Capulin Volcano. I had already told the little girls about their pre-reader Jr. Ranger program, and the fact that they could earn LADYBUG BUTTONS, and they were so excited that we would not NOT go (OK, we could have skipped it, but they would have been so bummed that we really wanted to take them 😉
Capulin seemed quite a drive from I-25, but it really wasn’t that far – just lots of road construction and not great roads…
Even though it is surrounded by other volcanoes, it would be hard to miss…
We stopped by the visitor’s center and picked up ranger booklets for the boys, and the ladybug scavenger hunt papers for the little girls…
Vaughn and I, along with Peanut, Joel, Daniel, Jacob, and Eli started on the one mile rim trail loop. It looked to be an easy hike, but by now the wind was howling, and it was freezing out! Peanut and I didn’t get far before we (me) decided we’d go sit in the van and visit the big girls (and look for flying insects from inside the van!). Dad and Joel weren’t far behind! But Daniel, Jake, and Eli persevered! (those 3 tiny dots on the top of the rim in the middle of the pic below are them…)
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