Colorado Road Trip Part IV: Telluride

The last stop on our 8-day road trip was Telluride! What a great town. We had been wanting to go here for years and tried to make it to the Bluegrass Festival and Blues and Brews every year, but something else always cropped up. One of my favorite aspects of Telluride is how you can gondola hop your way around town. I love anyplace where you can easily walk or take public transportation to get around. It was so nice to park our car and not need it again until we left town. We had a gorgeous suite at the Hotel Madeline in Mountain Village, which was right next to the gondolas that take you into the town of Telluride, the grocery store, etc. Our first item on the itinerary was MASSAGES! We had hiked close to 30 miles and about 20,000 feet of elevation by that point in the trip, so we had some sore legs in need of R&R. Our couples massage at the Spa Linnea was absolutely divine. I also fell in love with the glittery wallpaper at the spa. How cool is this? I am obsessed with using this in a guest bathroom at our future house in San Diego.

The next day, we took the gondola into town to hike Bear Creek Falls. It had beautiful views of Telluride and a freezing cold refreshing waterfall.

 

 That night, we enjoyed an outdoor concert in Mountain Village

Our Colorado Road Trip 2011 was so much fun. We thoroughly enjoyed seeing more of Colorado as we traveled to Steamboat Springs, Aspen, Crested Butte and Telluride. What a beautiful state we live in.

Colorado Road Trip Part 1: Steamboat Springs

We just returned from an incredible 8 day road trip across Colorado to visit towns we hadn't been to yet. We've been wanting to take this trip every summer for years, but it kept getting pushed aside as other things cropped up. So, needless to say, we were pretty excited to finally hit the road.

First stop was Steamboat Springs! We quickly fell in love with this town and loved the vibe of this place. Tally went to a great doggy day camp while we did a 6-7 mile hike around Fish Creek Falls. Afterwards, we soaked our tired legs at Strawberry Hot Springs.

Flowers from Fish Creek Falls hike

Stay tuned for the next installment of the Sigmon Family Road Trip 2011!

Road Trip to Taos, Ropes Course and Sigmons in Denver Weekend!

Carter and Jeff at the Styx/Boston concert at Red Rocks
Jeff, Tracy and Lydia (and Tally)
It's amazing what can happen when I figure out the self-timer on my camera!

Apparently, Zorro lives in Taos
Jeanne and Eva on the main drag in Taos

a big glass of sangria was in order after an 8 hr car ride!
Jeanne, Eva and I in Taos

Our new favorite band

The things you find in mountain towns...

This past weekend was quite eventful and a great time. I went on a road trip to Taos, New Mexico with my friends Jeanne and Eva. I didn't know much about Taos but went on enough roadtrips with Jeanne in college that I knew it was not to be missed! We left bright and early Saturday morning at 7am on what was supposed to be a 4-1/2 hour drive. Wellllll we took a suggested "scenic route" (queue music) which ended up adding on 4 additional hours to our trip (was only supposed to add 30 minutes). However, the new route was a lot of fun and we ended up seeing Hoochie Mama Mountaineering, The Royal Gorge, Rio Grande Royal Gorge and lots of whitewater rafters along the river. There were gorgeous mountain views and lots of really old western towns. When we finally rolled into Taos, we pointed ourselves straight to the bar for some sangria. We ended up at a fantastic bar in Taos that had a hippie funk jam band (the Felonious Groove Foundation) playing that night. We scored a sweet table and had a blast dancing with the locals (the only thing that would have made it better is if the hippie locals believed in the power of deoderant). Everyone there was incredibly friendly and we made friends with what felt like the entire town. We stayed at the Historic Taos Inn and had a great breakfast there the next morning....it's a crunchy, organic kind of town so everything was freshly made....so delicious!

Carter's residency class had a ropes course/bonding event on Saturday. If you've seen the pictures of Carter swinging on vines off the jungle cliffs in St. Lucia, then you'll know this was right up his alley! He had a blast swinging from treetops on the zipline and getting to know his fellow residents outside of work.

On Sunday, we were treated to a visit from Jeff, Tracy and Lydia Sigmon. They had been on a roadtrip vacation around Colorado and New Mexico and stayed with us for the last 2 night of their trip. Sunday night, Carter and Jeff went to the Styx/Boston concert at Red Rocks. Tracy, Lydia and I went out to dinner and had a great time. Monday evening, they surprised us with a wonderful dinner that they prepared for us. It was so wonderful to see everyone and spend time together.