We started our day in Loveland, Colorado with beautiful weather! We woke up to dense fog (I could have sworn we had mysteriously woken up in Fresno!) that quickly burned off to a sunny day with potential thunder storms in the afternoon (we were stoked!).
We spent some time wandering the outlet stores in Loveland and stocking up our food supplies at Target. We joked that we were on the Oregon Trail stopping at a fort to purchase supplies! Then off we headed to Estes Park, Colorado. Estes Park is a beautiful mountain town with a river running right through it and a nice little lake! We had a picnic lunch and wandered the shops until we decided we had better get going to Denver. On the way to Denver, we drove through a nice rain shower. Speaking of rain . . . have I mentioned that rain is much different here? It is so clean and smells even better than rain in Fresno. Not to mention, the drops are HUGE! We thoroughly enjoyed it! By the time we got into Denver, the rain had stopped and the sun was once again shining until after we had checked into our hotel and had gone to get our bags. It was then that it started pouring! No joke. . . it was rained cats and dogs for about 5 minutes and then the sun came out and dried up all the rain (sorry, Ethan loves that song!). We ate dinner at a nifty little local spot across the street called Charlie Brown's. It was definatley a local spot, very quiet, and pretty good.
Our hotel is the Burnsley Suites. At one time it was an old apartment building. It is nestled right in the midst of one of the oldest neighborhoods in Denver! We are also just up the street from the capital! We can't wait to explore the area some more!
The picture in the top right hand corner of the collage is of Denver at night from our hotel balcony. There really isn't a lake. It just looks like that because of the darkness. It definatly is beautiful!
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