Mountain style pizza pie.

 

On our way home from Vail we stopped in Idaho Springs for our favorite pizza. Beau Jo's is the place to go for the best mountain style pizza pies. The cute little town offers fun little shops too.

A must stop.

There is something about an ice cream kiosk that makes me want to stop. Too cute! In Vail...

It was a long hot bike ride today.

Today we drove to Vail and went for a long bike ride. We did Gore Valley trail and it was exhausting! The scenery was amazing, but the high altitude and hills were such a challenge for me. My husband kept saying you can do it, this is great marathon training. I'm training for the Chicago Marathon in October. We ate at Joe's Famous Deli and the subs were out of this world! I highly recommend the vegetarian avocado, fresh tomato and mozzarella. So delish!  This was my first visit to Vail and loved it, such a quaint town. This picture was taken after the long hot bike ride, so happy to see water.

 

Rest stop and skippin' stones

We needed to rest for a bit and take in all this beauty.

 

Follow the leader

Tuesday night, we visited with my good friend Chris who I have known since third grade, isn't that crazy third grade?! Her family lives in Longmont, CO. She told us there was a kid friendly trail in Jamestown, called Ceran St. Vrain that we needed to see. Yesterday, we hiked this trail and it was beautiful.

The packing begins...

There is one item in this picture that is an all time favorite with my kids...The Super Fun Road Trip Coupon Books for Kids. I created this book for my kids a few years ago when we went on our first road trip. Go to www.superfunroadtrip.com to read about the book/how to use it/and you can purchase it there too!

July 4th!

What a fun July 4th we had! Our Colorado trip is in 2 days...we are so excited!