Category Colorado

 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…

 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…

 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…

 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…

 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…

 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…