Rocky Moutain High Colordao

Marshal and I just got back from a little Colorado get away. Our friend, Ethan, has an uncle, with a gorgeous cabin in Nederland, which is just to the west of  Boulder.

The bear liked to roam around the cabin while we were away. You just never knew where he might show up next.

We were excited to get to go and enjoy some of the beauty spring time in Colorado has to offer. We really made the most of our four days there. We visited downtown Boulder, where we ate and did a little shopping and got to go see the Flatirons. The mountains were beautiful.

I wasn't really feeling all that fabulous Friday. I am not sure if it was the change in altitude or if I was just exhausted from not sleeping, but I decided to skip out on the extended shopping time and head back to the cabin with the guys so I could take a nap. Let's be honest there is not much I love more than a nap.  We got back to the cabin just to discover that we didn't have a key to get in. So instead of a nap I got the pleasure of spending guy time with the guys in the woods. They were all pretty great, but I am definitely not a guys girl.  Nothing like a little beer drinking around a fire and a good game of Kan Jam.  Honestly, do guys have no limits? I am told they kept it mild on my account. I would hate to be a fly on the wall during real guy time. Ha!

Who doesn't rock climb in flip flops?

Saturday we went to Estes Park. This was really neat for me because this is where I visited the first time I went to Colorado with my parents. We went down the big slide, which I remember doing about a thousand times when I was younger.  I think I was much better at it then. This time I went down the first hump, my butt lifted of the slide and my foot slid off the blanket giving me a huge blister on my heel.  It really hurt and made for a long afternoon.

We followed  Estes Park up with a trip over to Fort Collins for a small batch beer festival at Odell Brewing Company.

Yes that is water in my hand. I tried the beer, but just couldn't do it ( even though looking at this picture it looks like I have a massive beer gut the way my shirt is scrunched up, attractive I know).

On Sunday we drove up to the Rocky Mountain National Park. This was by far my favorite day of the trip. We got to see elk, deer, and chipmunks. Oh the chipmunks were the cutest things ever! I so tried to catch one to bring home with me, but the darn things were so fast. They would come right up to you and sniff your hand, but then they ran off.  I just know the fat little one would have loved living at my house.

We drove up to the top of the mountain. It was so cold and there was still lots of snow on the ground. The wind was unbelievable. It was literally pushing you along the path. I felt like at any minute I was just going to become a human kite. Thank goodness for that beer gut from earlier, right? Had I weighed just five pounds less I am sure I would have been a goner.

It was seriously beautiful up there.

On our way back down the mountain we stopped at Winter Park for a late lunch before heading to Black Hawk for a little casino time. Black Hawk was really a neat little town, very old, but really neat little casinos everywhere. I was thrilled to leave the casino with $22.75 more than I walked in there with, never mind the fact that at one point I was up by $100.

Heading home Monday we got to spend a little time in Denver and eat at a really cute little burger place in the downtown area. All I have to say is if I invite you over for burgers and you find peanut butter as one of the topping choices, don't ask questions, because I hear it's really fabulous.

Thanks Ethan and Sarah, and the rest or the group for a fun little Colorado vacay!

Love the time stamp on this. Ha!