Our tenth anniversary was May 24th, but we decided to celebrate a little early with an anniversary trip before it got too close to baby's arrival. We drove to Colorado Springs, left the boys with Danny's parents for a few days and then drove to the Four Corners area in Southwestern Colorado. It was a wonderful four days and we were amazed at how much we were able to pack into such a short period of time!
We woke up our first morning to several inches of snow on the ground and more falling. It was a spring snow, so it was really wet and most of it had melted by early afternoon, but it was a fun surprise for the beginning of May! Since it was snowing we spent most of the morning at the Anasazi Heritiage Center and then took a short hike to some local Indian ruins.
My noon the snow had stopped and the roads were clear enough for us to drive up to Mesa Verde National Park. Even though it was a Saturday afternoon, the weather kept most of the visitors away and the park was nearly empty. Danny got some great shots of the ruins in the snow - not something that you get to see very often!
More pictures from Mesa Verde...
The next day we drove to nearby Hovenweep National Monument and took a short hike (see photo above). It only took a couple of hours, so we decided to do something spontaeous (you can do that without kids!) and drove the two hours to Arches National Park in Utah. Neither of us had ever been there and we'd always wanted to see it. It was beautiful (see photo below) and someplace we will have to take the boys back to see.
We left the next morning to drive back to Colorado Springs. We stopped for a quick walk and to take some pictures at Great Sand Dunes National Park. 
Our home for three days - Flagstone Meadows B&B (no Danny did not make me camp or backpack on this trip!). We highly recommend it if you are ever visiting that part of the country.
