My summer schedule has been rather sporadic - so I decided to make use of the one week I would for sure have off from work by
roadtripping to Colorado. Although a 3 hour flight would have been much more convenient, the 13+ hour drive from Fort Worth, TX to Denver, CO was a little nicer for the budget.
P.S. I discovered that I
LOVE the mountains.
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| The beginning of the 773 mile journey. |
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| Windmills in Kansas |
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| Finally, Colorado! |
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| The Colorado State Capitol was closed on Sunday, so I just explored its surroundings. |
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| The Capitol sits 1 mile above sea level - complete opposite of TX! |
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| The Denver Art Museum was amazing! Super interactive - show your student ID for a discount :) |
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| Playing cowboys & Indians inside the museum. |
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| Pretending to be a painting. |
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| My favorite part of the museum - the fashion studio! Racks of clothes surrounded the runway, & I took advantage of my one chance at modeling. |
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| The day was wrapped up at a sushi restaurant... |
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| ...followed by one last beer at a retro bar in downtown. |
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| MillerCoors beer, lake & mountains. |
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| Trying to feed the geese! |
BOULDER
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| Delicious. |
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| The drive up Flagstaff Summit helped me realize my fear of heights! The view was breathtaking, though. |
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| Day 2 of Boulder consisted of tubing at Boulder Creek. After many attempts to fit the tubes into the Subaru, we were off to the creek! |
GOLDEN
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| The MillerCoors Brewery tour was really cool - & free! Visitors that are 21+ get three 8 oz samples of beer, too. |
COLORADO SPRINGS
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| Many of the athletes were already in London, but it was still so cool to see where they all work out. Pictured here is the gymnastics practice facility. |
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| See you later, Colorado! |
