[happyramblings]: Breckenridge, Colorado: Day 1

We headed out to Colorado last Saturday after I got off work. We were on the road at about noon. The trip took us about 16 hours total and the kids did great. The trip itself was pretty uneventful. We had one wrong turn which cost us about an hour. And then about 20 minutes from the hotel, we hit a deer. Poor little guy! It was unbelievable how many deer were on the road at 3 in the morning so we were going really slow but this little guy was just dumb and ran right in front of us.

After the long drive, and getting to our room around 4am, the plan was to sleep in. We did pretty good. I think I was the first one up and that wasn't until about 9:00. That is REALLY late for me! I even skipped running. We were all up and dressed by noon and we headed out to see what we could see. Here is the view right outside the hotel and the kids' first view of the mountains.

Then we headed into town to see what we could see and to have lunch. Breckenridge is a tiny little town. Basically just 2 streets but it's pretty cool. Nick and Austin wanted to take their picture in the Rasta Pasta man (we didn't eat there).

And then we found the welcome center. There was a little museum upstairs and the kids had fun trying on the old-time clothes.

Then we found a pizza place. According to the kids, it was the best pizza EVER! But somehow over the course of the week, we found 2 more places that had even better pizza! :) And after lunch we went to the riverwalk. The kids waded in but that water was way cold. Marty put in his toes and I just felt it with my hand. No thanks! Even the kids were cold ... especially Nick who slipped on a rock and got really wet.