Colorado Vacation 2013

Day 4 we enjoyed a guided snow mobile tour up the mountain to the Great Divide.  It was SO FUN!!  This was my kind of playing in the snow.  We decided to just rent one snow mobile due to cost. :)  Michael drove and I was his passenger.  We started up the mountain and our guide was excited because we were headed into a snow storm.  WHAT?!  Yep, we got almost to the top and had to turn around and go back down because he was worried that some of us may get lost on the way down due to visibility.  It was snowing so hard we could hardly see our guide which was only 3 snow mobiles in front of us.  It was like fluffy, cold, white, cotton falling.  I kept sweeping it off of us to keep us as warm as possible, but it didn’t take long and we were covered again. 

I don’t have many pictures of this either because my hands were so cold I felt like my fingers were going to fall off!  HA!  When we got to the top of the mountain (or at least as high as we were allowed to go) I took my gloves off to get a few pictures.  Our handle bars were heated, but it just wasn’t enough to beat the snow.  It was COLD! 

There was mountians behind us but it was snowing so hard you couldn't see them. 

Our guide led us to a field and allowed us to all play on the snow mobiles.  When you get a bunch of men together on motorized toys, it can get a little CRAZY!  HA!  But everyone was careful not to wreck the machines because nobody wanted to pay for any damages.  We had LOTS of FUN!! 

Michael driving the snow mobile

Me posing for a picture...

When we got back we went to the Pizza Peddler for some lunch.  They were very busy…so we got it to go.  This was the best pizza ever!  If you ever go to Winter Park, Colorado I suggest you at least try the pizza from Pizza Peddler.

After lunch I decided to sit in the room, watch all the Mardi Gras celebration from the balcony and stay warm.  Michael went to ski for the afternoon before the slopes closed.  We both enjoyed our night together when the slopes closed at 4 pm.  We enjoyed our last night in the mountains by taking a stroll around the town in the snow.

 

We went back to the room and started packing up things that we didn’t need for the next morning because check out was at 10:00 am.  Our bus didn’t leave until 2:00 pm.  We had plenty of time to waste. 

Sunday February 10, 2013 was our last day in Winter Park.  We found a cute little restaurant in Winter Park called Goody’s.  Yummy to my tummy!  It was so good.  They had pancakes, waffles, eggs, bacon, cinnamon rolls, and every crepe you could think of.  It was a family atmosphere restaurant that we enjoyed for several hours.  The restaurant had several games sitting around.  Michael and I started playing games for fun and to pass the time.

 

When it was time, we loaded up on the bus for our 2 hours and 30 minute ride down the mountain into Denver, Colorado.  I think the bus ride down was the worst thing about the trip.  It was long and boring.  We were also just ready to be home.  There is no place like HOME!  We boarded our flight for Nashville, TN and left the beautiful country side behind us. 

We had a great time in the mountains!