Steamboat Springs

 Fish Creek Falls

 Eating at Sweet Pea on the Yampa River.

We spent a few days at Steamboat Springs, Colorado this past week for a Colorado "staycation."  Steamboat Springs is such a cute town with beautiful views; I wish I could say I'd come back during the winter months to ski, but I'll be honest, I'm not much of a mountain driver or rider.  Bleh.  It was really cool seeing the ski slopes in the summer, though.

As soon as we got to Steamboat, we immediately went to Fish Creek Falls.  We made the mistake of choosing the paved path at the park thinking it was a short cut to the Falls, however, it took you all the way up the mountain and past several snakes on the trail,  Yikes!  I don't know if I was more scared of my children falling off the sides of the path and down the mountain or those snakes!  They definitely weren't the types of snakes you see in Florida!  Anyways, we made it to the Falls and it was breathtaking!!!  The boys had a great time playing on the rocks in the river as I was on snake lookout.  We survived, though, and made it out alive without falling off the mountain or getting bitten.

After we went to the Falls, we went in town and ate at this cute little restaurant on the Yampa River.  We decided to try out some local dishes- Bison and Rocky Mountain Trout; the Trout was delicious but the Bison...well, yuck.  It was still a pretty cool experience since we were right on the river.

We had big plans for the next day, but the weather didn't cooperate (50 degrees and raining).  We decided to do some shopping and then head back to Fort Collins.  We were all disappointed to say the least, but we quickly learned that there isn't much to do in Steamboat that doesn't involve the outdoors.  :(