This morning our first stop was the 'Goodwill' or op-shop where I bought a pair of black pants for $4.99 (+ tax of course) & mum bought a couple of things. At 1pm we were then going to see a matinee performance of the Nutcracker by the Denver Ballet company and despite being $75USD ($100AUD) we had excellent seats & it was a fitting performance to see when the weather was snowing outside as the ballet included scenes with fake snow & lots of gorgeous ...

Today we were heading for the mountains, more specifically Keystone ski resort. Sean was going snowboarding with a friend and the girls (us 3) were going to try snowshoeing! It was nearly 2 hours of driving so we arrived just before noon, with a very sudden stop as we plowed into a snow pile on the side of the road to avoid a driver who didn't indicate (luckily we were pulled out in 15kins with no damage) and then finally dropped off the boys & then headed f...

It was off to Boulder with Jess driving us this morning for brunch with Brandi at 'Snooze' a popular American diner restaurant. It was perhaps a 45min drive, and then we discovered also a 45-60 min wait for a table. Having met Brandi we decided to go to the tea house nearby which was made up of pieces from Boulder's sister city in Tajikistan. All the tea's were fragrant & delicious plus the surroundings were beautifully decorated with a Silk Road/ oriental fe...

After a bit of a fitful night's sleep as our little sleeper was a bit warm & the mattress a bit firm I awoke to the final announcement for the breakfast waiting list so pulled on my boots & probably a bit dishevelled looking went to put our names on it. It wasn't long before we were called but I was feeling pretty ordinary with a headache & sore neck but once I got some oatmeal & coffee into me I was feeling much better. We spent the morning looki...

We woke up from a comfortable night's sleep at the Vagabond Inn & went for the included hot breakfast then packed up our stuff. We had around 40mins to go for a walk so we cut through the car park to the old town area which was a little like sovereign hill with the old buildings from the gold rush period. After a brief look around we had to return to check out & go across the road to the station to catch the Californian Zephyr to Denver where we would fin...