Trip to Estes Park: Part 1

I came up to Estes Park for a business trip. I have been planning a very large event for close to 8 months! I have to admit that I have had some anxiety about it. Thankfully I got to bring my husband and Bumblebee and they have been helping me to keep the stress level pretty low. I must send a little thank you to Marcia from Hobert, Ltd here in Estes Park. She helped me out with a printing nightmare (12,000 pages!). I can't tell you how amazing they were. She even stayed late to complete my order.



Anyway, back to the story of Estes Park. Eric, Bumblebee and I arrived in this beautiful town and wondered why don't we live here, it is breathtakingly beautiful.







We stopped by the Stanley Hotel, see below. If you are familiar with The Shining by Stephen King, this is the hotel that inspired the novel.

A short while later I realized what a city girl I have become in just a short period of time. I found myself taking a photo of deer. Deer! I am from Montana, why on Earth did I think I needed photos of deer? Estes Park natives drove by as I took this photo. I could almost hear them whisper "city slicker" under their breath. Oh well, deer are cute.

When we settled into our hotel room (no we aren't staying at the Stanley this time around) Bumblebee instantly made herself at home on the king size bed. She is not allowed on the bed at our house, but we don't really mind at hotels. She indulges.

In case you were wondering if Eric and I were done with our Alias obsession I offer you an answer. Below you will see that we brought our laptop and a copy of season four (checked out from the library) so we could watch from our hotel room.

We went to Kind Coffee this morning and had coffee and some breakfast. I also had the best jam ever made. Seriously, I could have eaten it with a spoon; don't worry I didn't eat it with a spoon that would have been bizarre.

Thanks to my husband for taking most of the gorgeous photos for this blog post.