"You guys are the 1% coolest parents in America!"

For all of you who want government to shrink to a withered old guy manually operating one street light in the center of Washington D.C., we give you:  National Park Week!!!

Yep, free entry into any national park, so we got up early and trekked into one of the best: Rocky Mountain National Park.  Snow packed trails, 9000-foot thin air, and spectacular views welcomed us into the glory of acres and acres of condo-less terrain (and please, Dear Zeus, slow down the natural gas drilling around here). Ace spent some of the time enjoying the ride in his backpack and tackled some of the trail on his own, complete with Leki hiking pole.

And let's just add that the people who take advantage of your tax dollars at work are a fun bunch, including a twenty-something who correctly assesses, as detailed in today's title, our parenting prowess.