Colorado Rockies, Feb 18-22
Setting off by train on the afternoon of Mike's birthday, we arrived in Denver the following morning and drove the 60 miles to Keystone, where we stayed in Frank's mom's fabulous house. We visited the small town of Breckenridge ('the high point of any visit to Summit County') and the glitzy 'Tyrolean' village of Vail in the Elk Mountains, the biggest ski resort in the US.
Thank God for the lounge car!
Disembarking in Denver.
Off for lunch in River Run Village, part of Keystone Resort.
The weather got bleaker as we drove through Arapahoe Basin en route to Breckenridge.
We made it in time for Happy Hour at the Gold Pan Saloon...
...but had to dig the car out on the return journey!!
Dressed up for a night in.
View from the guest room at Elk House.
In Vail on my birthday.
Home via River Run and Lakeside villages to check out the bars.
A round of Margaritas before dinner...and toasted marshmallows after.
Elk House's backyard.
Atop Dercum Mountain in Keystone.
Back down by 'gondola'.
All packed and ready to leave.
Downtown Denver.
The California Zephyr was two hours late.
