Colorado Hiatus

After a day of swimming, biking, reading, watching movies (and a TASTY dinner at the Slopeside Grill) we were ready for a road trip today. Steamboat has been infiltrated with the little league world series, so we thought today would be a good day to get away.
First, we drove down to Vail! We were so lucky in that they were having a street festival in one of the villages, so we cruised around to the different vendors, had a few snacks and checked out some of the shops. Vail is enormous, and I can only imagine what it must be like to ski there. Ian says that it drips with money in the wintertime...seems plausible as there a lot of high end and "fur" shops. It was a great morning. After Vail, we drove through Beaver Creek, which is even FANCIER than Vail- I didn't think that was possible, but BC is unbelievable. You have to pass through a gaurd gate just to get to the village! There is a Ritz Carlton there, and one of the gondolas goes right into the lobby!!
After visiting the ski areas, we drove though Glenwood Canyon- quite remarkable. We made a nice loop through western Colorado, where, by the way, the heat wave had returned- 103 degrees in some spots.
It was a great day, and we were very glad to have been able to visit some other parts of Colorado!