Thanks (again!) to our wonderful parents for allowing Nick and I to get away and go back to Boulder together for the first time in 5 years.
We had a perfect weekend. Really, it couldn't have been more amazing. We stayed at a couple of beautiful places and enjoyed every moment of our trip.
Here are some highlights and recommendations for anyone visiting Boulder & the Rocky Mountains:
The first day, we drove up to Winter Park and stayed at The Devil's Thumb Ranch. This place was a little slice of heaven! We had our own little cabin on the mountain surrounded by orange and yellow Aspens. Down the road we visited with horses, fed a 1 week old foal, went hiking, Nick went fly fishing, and I enjoyed the pure silence and a book.
The second day we drove to Boulder through Rocky Mountain National Park.
While in Boulder we stayed at the St. Julien on Pearl Street, and it was luxurious! Nick can't stop talking about how nice the bathroom was, and he even took a bath both days. Of course, we ate at all of our old favorites: Hapa for kick-ass sushi, Juanita's for margs and Mexican, Jax's Fish House for oyster apps and drinks (where we sat at the other end of the bar from James Taylor), Wahoo's for the best blackened fish sandwich ever, Buff Restaurant for the best breakfast in Boulder, and Half Fast Subs for those subs we've been craving for years.
Even better, we spent time with Boulder friends- Valerie, January and Dell.
Besides indulging in our favorite foods, we walked and hiked all over town.
We did everything from shopping on Pearl Street to laying in the grass in front of the Humanities building where we both had Italian class many years ago.
Boulder, we miss you. Next year we'll be back with the whole gang. I can't wait to show our kids the mountains.
