Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Trowbridge Travels


This week for our Buick adventure we had a special treat. My wife Anna, and I were able to take Monday off. We decided to take advantage of our two day weekend by escaping to the mountains. The Rocky Mountains are full of amazing destinations, as most people know, so we struggled with where to go, and what to see. Estes Park is one of our more frequently visited spots, but we wanted to do something out of the normal. After a quick search on the internet (thank goodness for Google) we found a place that was off the beaten path we wanted to explore; Mt. Princeton Hot Springs! This hot springs resort isn't as well known as Thermopolis, or Glenwood Hot Springs, but that is what drew us to it. It is a smaller, less populated resort, but it still has a lot of appeal. As always, we enjoyed the drive in our Buick Verano. I hope you enjoy the beautiful scenery of this week's Trowbridge Travels.... ENJOY





This is the route we took... sort of.  We got off course slightly on the way, delaying us by about an hour due to heavy traffic.  The Verano has a 'heavy traffic' warning symbol and I should have paid better attention.  Lesson: women are always right.
 
 
 
Our tradition: take a picture in front of the house before we leave.
 
 Traffic was pretty bad through Denver.  I guess the lesson here is that you should always listen to the Verano's GPS... she is always right... haha
 On the open road
 
 Anna and I enjoying our ride!
 
 Once we got outside of Denver, the scenery was beautiful!!
 
 There were lots of little town along the way to explore.
 
 This was a brothel in the 1800's!
 
 Fairplay (AKA South Park City) is where the TV show South Park is based out of.
 


 
 
 Notice Anna's white knuckles! She doesn't like driving next to cliffs, especially when I'm trying to take a picture of her!
 
 Another fun little town
 
 
We got to look at the mountains like this the whole trip!! It was beautiful!
 
 
 There were a lot of lakes along the way too.  This picture was taken from a lookout along the road.
 
 
 We drove through Breckenridge, but we didn't stop anywhere.
 
 
 
 Continental Divide!! "Its all down-hill from here"

 
Our destination!! Mount Princeton Hot Springs Resort!
We got to bring Charlie along for the adventure this time!
 


 

 This was the view right outside our room.  The pool and waterslide are right behind us.
 A view to the West from our room. Charlie definatly enjoyed himself.
 One of the pools and the 400' waterslide!

 Anna and I relaxing in the river! The water was 100 degrees!

 Breakfast in the little restaurant
 A look at our accommodations.
 More scenery to look at.

 Room 22 was our room.  This was taken right before we headed for home.
 
 
 
 
Hope you enjoyed this weeks adventure! Please follow the blog, and if you ever have questions about our trips or our car please don't hesitate to ask.  We would also love recommendations for our future trips!! Thanks for reading!!

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