A couple weeks ago, we spent some time in beautiful Steamboat Springs. My mom and siblings stayed up there too and we spent the week sightseeing and visiting. We stayed in some time share units my mom rented as a Christmas gift to us all.
We happened to be there at the same time as the Pro Tour USA bicycle tour. The first phase of the race did a loop there in Steamboat on Monday. We ran into standstill traffic in the afternoon when they closed the road completely for the racers to come back in to town. We hopped out of the car and got a great view of the bikers racing past.
Later that day we hiked up to Fish Creek Falls. The falls were not nearly as raging as they were when we visited in June! The water was low and slow enough that everyone felt comfortable wading in. The boys had fun rock hopping and splashing around.
Here are some other memories from our trip:
- Riding bikes around town
- Seeing a hot air balloon every morning
-Walking around downtown Steamboat, getting ice cream at Fuzziwig's, and taking pictures in front of the H.M. Light Western store
-Stopping in the museum quality fossil store and marveling at the incredible artifacts
-Playing cards with my brothers and sisters
-Justin and Eli riding the alpine slide
-Swimming at the Steamboat Hot Springs pool, and Justin making it to the top of the rock climbing wall!
-Fishing with Grandpa... Eli getting to reel in the rainbow trout, and both boys getting to eat it later
-Riding the gondola to the top of the ski mountain
-Having dinner in the ski lodge with some amazing live music
-Riding bikes to downtown and finding a pin to put on our USA map
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