First Day in Estes Park, CO

We drove around downtown Estes Park for a bit and it is so cute, my mom would love it. They have a “strip” of stores down the street with tons of ice cream/toffee/chocolate options, souvenir shops and lots of handmade item stores. I’m guessing this is an Indian town and they have so many really unique Indian made crafts and such. I hope I can find some unique treasures to take home with us and can’t wait to try the ice cream, toffee, & fudge 🤦🏻‍♀️and yes my daughter, Kaitlin, is getting married in May 2021 so I really should pass but I just can’t. We will check it out another day because it was slammed with people today (ALL of which I will say are wearing masks, even outside).

We found an amazing little hole in the wall Mexican Restaurant called “Peppers Fresh & Fast Mexican Grill” and we got our order to go and we were all so happy with our food (which is the first). While driving around we saw Estes Park Escape Room and Eli was so excited so we went ahead and made arrangements for our family to do this together. For social distancing we get the room all to ourselves which will be nice. We went back ate lunch, took a nap and came back at 5:30pm. We all worked very good together and had so much fun doing it.

Fair Winds Hot Air Balloon Flights called me today to confirm the weather looks great for tomorrow morning so we are good to go. We told the kids today at breakfast Eli’s big surprise. I think Aliyah’s a little nervous about the unknown and Eli was happy but not as enthusiastic as I had hoped but oh well...Guy & I are super excited 🥳 (I think when we get there they will have fun).

pictures from our drive around town

They are learning how to play together 🥰 they still argue though!