4th of July Weekend

This past weekend we headed to Silverton for a 4 day camping trip with our camper and Teryx in tow. Jared pulled the camper with my Yukon and I pulled the Teryx in Jared's truck. Jared insisted Kade ride with him so I wouldn't get distracted because it was my very first time pulling the trailer such long distance. He was pretty nervous, but I think I handled that puppy like a champ if I do say so myself, except for the little time I almost took out the pole at the bottom of the hill when you turn left into Durango, its ok though, because I didn't. Can I just say though that this weekend was very eventful and to make a long long story shorter I will just point out the highlights. Friday we saw a Mama Cub and a baby Cub, which was awesome, I don't think I had ever seen a bear before. Friday night however wasn't as fun, we almost had to go to the emergency room in Durango, at midnight because after getting Kade ready for bed and picking him up by his arms (bad idea) I believe I popped his left arm out of socket and he couldn't move it, but the lovely volunteers a the fire station in Silverton (they don't have an ER) eased my mind and said things looked fine and after a most precious blessing from my father in law Kade was 1000% the next day without even mentioning his arm. Saturday we went for a 5 hour ride in the mountains which is so fun, but after all the bumps I was getting a little concerned that Taylor might think I was trying to scare her so Jared took me back to camp for a little nap, Sunday we went to the Silverton parade, which actually was cute and did some tourist shopping and then went back that night for the fireworks, which Kade was surprisingly not that interested in (Bummer). They say Silverton has the best firework show on the Western Slope and I think they might be right. There were a couple more random things that happened that concerned me like this lady getting plowed by a moose not to far from our camp and our friends down the way getting Carbon Monoxide poisoning, it was pretty scary because that is serious stuff. So get your detectors checked and if you don't have one, get one. All in all it was a blast and I hope we can make this a tradition. Kade loved every minute of it and I couldn't help but think that next year if we go I will have my little darling with us as well and she will almost be 1. Guess we do need to upgrade our camper, our family is growing and I couldn't be happier about it.