Castlewood Canyon was something we stumbled on one afternoon. What a happy accident! The Lucas homestead ruins were so much fun for the kids to climb on and imagine the life of the family and where things would have been in the home. The home was built sometimes between 1880-1910 by the Lucas'. They outgrew the first wooden home they built (8 children)....its around somewhere, but we didn't go down the trail far enough. The house was abandoned around 1940 when the then widowed Mrs. Lucas moved into Denver. This concrete home and some of the barns foundations kept us busy a while. Next we hiked Cave Trail that goes straight up into the rocky side of the canyon and its full of nooks and crannies to hide and play in. After we came down from the caves we followed a path above the creek to the falls and played in the water there. With all the warnings of snow in the forecast I wanted us to get as much outdoor time on this beautiful afternoon as we could. 5 hrs and 2.7 miles worth of hiking to be exact.
Heading up the stairs along Cave Trail....its a lot of stairs!
Isaiah was such a trooper, no complaints about the amount of walking or the rough ground.
Isaiah also kept a sharp eye on the map for us.
Our first view of the falls. We could hear them from a ways off, but never thought we'd actually see them. They were hidden down in the canyon.
I wish we had a creek in our yard. All three of them like the water so much!
Levi turned into a little geologist on our trip. He was always finding "gold" and "rubies" and "diamonds", better known as mica, granite, and quartz..... how exciting childhood is!
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