{"id":1548,"date":"2010-10-06T23:40:58","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T04:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/2010\/10\/06\/colorado-day-two\/"},"modified":"2010-10-06T23:40:58","modified_gmt":"2010-10-07T04:40:58","slug":"colorado-day-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/2010\/10\/06\/colorado-day-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Day Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite getting up early, going to bed late and not getting great naps, Mikayla still woke up at 6:30 this morning.&#160; What in the world was she thinking?&#160; When our alarm went off at 8:30 (wishful thinking \ud83d\ude09 ) we had already, showered, packed and eaten breakfast!&#160; Our first stop today was to the Butterfly Pavilion.&#160; We weren&#8217;t sure what to expect, but it turned out to be pretty cool.&#160; It was basically a bug and spider museum.&#160; They had all kinds of rare insects, spiders, tarantulas and a ton of butterflies.&#160; We enjoyed looking at them all (well except maybe the spiders for me) and learning a bit.&#160; We even saw a butterfly hatching from a chrysalis and Ben got to hold a tarantula.<\/p>\n<p>After we left there we had a yummy Thai lunch and then drove on to Fort Collins, CO.&#160; Mikayla actually fell asleep in the car so we ended up sitting in the parking lot of REI and taking turns going in and shopping while she napped.&#160; Then we concluded the evening with a couple of Brewery tastings and dinner with a friend from BG.&#160; It was a nice relaxing day.&#160; Here are some shots of the Butterfly Pavilion.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado103.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Colorado 103\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Colorado 103\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado103_thumb.jpg\" width=\"442\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a>&#160;<em>Petting Hissing Cockroaches<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado104.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Colorado 104\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Colorado 104\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado104_thumb.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><u><font color=\"#728093\"><\/font><\/u><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado105.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Colorado 105\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Colorado 105\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado105_thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><u><font color=\"#728093\"><\/font><\/u><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado107.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Colorado 107\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Colorado 107\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado107_thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><em>Petting a starfish<\/em>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado108.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Colorado 108\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Colorado 108\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado108_thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><u><font color=\"#728093\"><\/font><\/u><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado109.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Colorado 109\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Colorado 109\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado109_thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><u><font color=\"#728093\"><\/font><\/u><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado113.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Colorado 113\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Colorado 113\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado113_thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>&#160;<em>Up close and personal with some butterflies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Colorado 115\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Colorado 115\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado115_thumb.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"478\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><u><font color=\"#728093\"><\/font><\/u><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Colorado 120\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Colorado 120\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado120_thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><u><font color=\"#728093\"><\/font><\/u><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado125.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Colorado 125\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Colorado 125\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado125_thumb.jpg\" width=\"446\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado134.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Colorado 134\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Colorado 134\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado134_thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado135.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Colorado 135\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Colorado 135\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado135_thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Colorado138.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; 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