I baked and frosted 1,150 cupcakes!
It was a crazy-big order for a Jeep Jamboree in Empire, Colorado. It took me two days and I had a bit of a hook-hand from piping, but I did it! I tried to get it all done in one day, but after many hours and still about 150 more cupcakes left to frost I just couldn’t. I had tears in my eyes (quite dramatic) and my hand was aching from frosting and B convinced me to just finish it up the next day. He’s a good one, because the next morning I was fully charged and cranked them out in no time.
We drove up to Empire to deliver the cupcakes and I have never seen so many Jeeps. It was pretty cool. It was raining and overcast and those Jeeps were muddy! We swung in and delivered those cupcakes and I was so relieved and ready to relax.
We drove the rest of the way up to Frisco for our first tent camping adventure. We could only stay one night but we wanted to give it a try. It’s a lot of work for one night, but it was amazing!! The views were spectacular, our camp site was gorgeous, and we were all eager to enjoy this new experience.
We had a few set backs, the biggest being the downpours that happened. We knew the forecast called for rain but we were optimistic. We were not quite so lucky and it poured on us. A few times. The sun would pop out of the clouds and tease us and then it would start raining again. We are now certain our tent is waterproof and we can withstand the cold, wind and rain. It’s probably not the most ideal weather for a camping trip, but I wouldn’t change a thing. It was a night for the books and I’ll never forget it.
How’s that for a view?
My goodness, Colorado is a little bit of heaven.
Our “villa”.
Our tent is roomy (slight understatement) which came in handy when we were all waiting out the storm inside together. I think it may be a bit obnoxious, but it’s easy up and easy down and has plenty of room. I see this picture and can’t wait to get back in the mountains in this thing.
We were just a 5 – 10 minute drive from Frisco but it felt like we were miles and miles away. It was so peaceful .
Mountain life does her well.
Even the girl with California aspirations can enjoy this life.
This is my happy place!
After the first of the rain storms passed we came out of our tent to find these views:
Gwyneth said her favorite part was being so high in the mountains we could touch the clouds.
Yes! Yes, indeed!
We got a fire going and made smores. We explored and we sat and we ate up the view.
While B and Annabelle worked on the fire Gwyneth and I explored some more:
Happy, happy place!
In case it’s not obvious, I’m hooked on camping which I never would have expected in my wildest dreams.
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