Mountain Monkey

Have you ever gone on a trip and found out that someone (or something) just seemed to pop up all over the place? Well, that's what happened to us on our recent trip last weekend to Colorado. We took off from the airport (yes, we still managed to travel with carry-on luggage only, even with a kid!) and right from the start, mountain monkey inserted himself into all our photographs! I guess he saw that Hammy got to go along with us to Canada and he wanted his moment in the sun. Click here to see our pictures.

We had a lot of fun in Golden, Colorado. It's the last stop on the public transit bus from the airport. It's a very walkable little town, with excellent nature trails, fun restaurants and boutiques, and enough historical feel to satisfy me. We spent a good deal of time outside walking around (kudos to Dave for taking Mirabel in the baby carrier!). We hiked up a mountain and walked up and down the creek. The fall colors were gorgeous and we had unseasonably warm weather.

We were invited to join a Mamas for Obama walk by some people we met in the ice cream shop (we didn't go with them, though we were at the river that day), we saw the Coors factory (let me just say that the snow capped mountains on the label are NOT actually there), and we stayed in Pansy's Parlor (in Pansy's room). We ate at Woody's Woodfire Grill every day- not at all typical for us, but they had an all you can eat salad and pizza bar. It's hardest to get veggies and dairy on a trip, so we loaded up on that buffet and with breakfast at the B&B and snacks, we got through with two and a half meals a day. We also went to story hour at the library and saw a ton of bronze statues throughout the town. A few of them are in our pictures.

All in all a fun trip! We recommend going to Golden if you ever have the chance.