Estes Park 2010

For Jason's Birthday this year I surprised him

with a trip to Estes Park Colorado. We went there on our

honeymoon and loved it, so we decided to go back

in the fall this year rather than summer. We had so much

fun, it was such a RELAXING vacation. I can honestly say

this is one of our favorite vacations to date! We started off

planning to go over Rocky Mountain National Park but to

our surprise the road was closed due to 3 foot drifts of SNOW

in the road, so we had to go through Denver instead (added

hour and a half.) There was even snow right out of Steamboat!

I was singing Over the river and through the woods to Estes Park

we go! haha I have to admit I kinda liked seeing all that snow,

knowing I wouldn't come home to it! It felt so Christmasy! In

Estes park it was an average of about 40-55 degrees. It was chilly

but so much fun! I will warn you there are tonz of pictures, I use

this as my journal So I wanted as many pics as I could to remember

this fun trip.

Snow, snow and more snow!

The WHITE mountain in the distance that you

can hardly see was out original path to Estes

Park. :) oops I guess in my planning I should

have checked the weather forecast!

This was the night we got there it was COLD...

about 40 degrees!

Our first stop the next day was of course the

Christmas shops, They sell Christmas decor and

play Christmas music year round! We loved it,

as you made your purchase they would hand you

your bag and say in a cheerful voice MERRY

CHRISTMAS! We actually went there 3 times in

3 days.

They had candied and caramel apples everywhere.

They were So yummy!

Jason and Santa, I've turned him into a Christmas

fanatic just like me! haha

There was the cutest old fashioned candy shop,

right on main street. I was in Heaven!

Cherry Tree was down the mountain on your

way to Fort Collins. It had all homemade ciders,

syrups, candies, Jams, and pies. We sampled

everything from cherry cider to peach to grape,

they were super good!

This is the Silver Moon Inn where we stayed. It is

tucked right off main street in the trees. There is a

river that runs right outside of your room.

Me and Jason at the Spruce House.

They had chairs and swings that lined the river

outside of our hotel. We sat there for a couple of

afternoons and just drank hot cocoa and enjoyed,

the brisk fall air! It was so quite and relaxing.

We had to laugh because we didn't get 1 picture

of us together besides this one that we took our

selves. As we were out side I looked at the people

reading books, napping, and knitting along the

riverside and said, who should we ask to take our

picture the napper or the knitter. haha

We went to the movie theater there it was so old

fashioned. But one thing they had over our theater

is they sold Dippen Dots! Despite the cold weather

we couldn't resist.

All in all it was an amazing trip. We relaxed the

entire vacation. When it was time to go home, we

were sad to leave knowing it would be a few more

years before we would return. If you haven't gone

to Estes Park GO! It is a vacation you won't forget!

~Lindsey