Denver

 We decided to take a detour on our way to Denver to see the Royal Gorge Bridge before we left the Colorado Springs area. It is south of Colorado Springs, but we had all day to get to Denver. The…

Colorado Springs Day 2

 We woke up in Colorado Springs in time to grab some breakfast and head over to take the Cog train up to Pikes Peak. The depot for the train was not too far from the hotel through a cute little…

Colorado Springs

 The road between Aspen and Colorado Springs is as much of an attraction as the towns are themselves. We decided to take Independence Pass to get between the two cities. About 10 miles out of Aspen Conrad had a stop that…

Aspen

 We got up early and went to the main dining room for brunch. The spread was really amazing. They had anything that you could possibly want and everything was portioned in small servings so that you could try lots of…

Estes Park to Vail across Trail Ridge Road

 We set out this morning for Vail but through Rocky Mountain National Park using trail ridge road. This is the highest paved highway in the US.  We left the Alpine Ridge Estates motel where we stayed. It was very basic…

Philadelphia to Denver and Estes Park

 We decided to stay at the Marriott on Friday evening so that we could just walk over to the airport gates and go. We had dinner there at the restaurant on site and breakfast in the morning. We always sit…

6/21/21 – Tahoe traveling home

 We woke up to find that our flights had been delayed out of Reno. Conrad and I and Conrad and Steph were still able to go from Reno to Phoenix but Cody and Kasey were rerouted to Dallas because they…

6/20/21 – Tahoe Day 3

 On Sunday we had tickets to ride the Gondola. Conrad and I went by ourselves as soon as they opened and the kids slept in and went a little later.  We rode the Gondola to the midpoint and got off…

6/19/2021 Tahoe Day 2

 We woke up early and took a walk into the little square since we were still on east coast time. The stores were mostly closed and it was cool and quiet but we did get a latte at Starbucks. We…

6/18/2021 Tahoe Day 1

We flew from Philadelphia to Dallas with Conrad & Steph. Cody and Kasey flew from Boston to Dallas, from there we all flew together to the Reno-Tahoe airport where we picked up a Ford Expedition. We made the scenic drive…

3/7/2020 PCH Day 3

  PCH Day 3 We woke up to a beautiful sunny day and watched the sun rise. We were up before the restaurant opened so we walked around the property to get more views until we could have breakfast. Then…

3/6/2020 – PCH Day 2

PCH Day 2 We woke up early and had breakfast and packed our bags to start our PCH trip. We headed off on a foggy morning through the wooded hills from San Jose. We had planned to stop at the…