Jay & Pat: Breckenridge

We spent the Memorial Day Weekend and subsequent week with our friends the Pugmires in Breckenridge, CO (elevation ~9,600'). We stayed in a lovely place (Valdoro Resort), ate good food, saw neat things, played games, watched movies, and in general, just relaxed. We had a great time.

This is a picture of the sunset that Patty and I were greeted with on our drive to Breckenridge.

We had a couple of fox that regularly visited outside our deck.

The weather was very cooperative all week. On one of our walks.

I went for a run (a treat at this elevation, by the way) on their great town trails and took these shots. The towns orginally existed for mining, but now skiing and tourism are the big draws.

This is "A" Basin ski resort where there were still a lot of folks enjoying the slopes.

We took a ride up to the Loveland Pass where we had to dawn our jackets. The second pic is one that I took when I hoofed it up to probably 13,000 feet.

A shot of our sweet rental vehicle. We went for a ride from Breckenridge to Como another thriving mining town in its day. These next few pics were taken at the Boreas Pass where we enjoyed the historic sites, the views, and the pussy willows just coming out.

Another day we went to Leadville which boasts the highest incorporated town in the US (10,200 feet). We went to the most awesome Mining Museum which bills itself as the Smithsonian of mining. They really aren't kidding as we spent hours there. It was terrific.

I took these next two pictures for all of you outdoor enthusiasts (from Leadville). Did you know that there are 56 14'ers in the state of Colorado? The first mountain is Mt. Elbert at around 14,400 feet is the tallest in CO and just a few feet shorter that McKinley. The second is Mt. Massive.