Mt. Falcon

While I was away at the homeschooling convention, Michael hired a babysitter for Maddox and took our older boys (plus Tyler Thomson who was staying with us) and the dog on a hike up Mt. Falcon.

There's a story of a man who wanted to build a summer home for US Presidents to stay in here in Colorado. Here's what I found online about it:

"The story starts in the early 1900's. John Brisben Walker made a fortune on land speculation in West Virginia and his purchase of Cosmo Magazine. He bought over 4,000 acres of land in what is now Jefferson County. Walker built a beautiful stone castle for himself and his wife.

Then he decided to build a summer home for the Presidents of the United States on a ridge to the east of his home. Thousands of school children in Colorado each donated 10 cents to Walker's dream. A marble cornerstone with the words "Summer Home for the Presidents of the United States, gift from the People of Colorado, 1911" was laid out and construction began...

...But America got involved in World War I and due to a lack of money the project near went very far. Then Walker's wife died and his own castle caught on fire."

Needless to say, the project was never completed and instead, it is a popular hiking destination. Beautiful, too!


In this next photo, you can see Red Rocks just to the left behind Mason's head. They went there next - and I'll share those photos in the next post.

I'm glad they all had such a great time together... even Maddox had fun, because later on that day, he went up to Michael and said, "I LIKE my babysitter!" Too cute!

Michele