Steamboat Springs Anniversary Trip

Last year, in early October, my husband and I decided to take a weekend trip to one of our favorite places to celebrate our anniversary--Steamboat Springs in northern Colorado. The drive there is always so beautiful and we were happy to see there was still much beautiful autumn color.

One exciting part of the journey is traveling over Rabbit Ears Pass, at an elevation of 9,426 feet.

We love this part of the state for its rustic open space and many cattle ranches that are along the way--very old-time Colorado.

We also love the natural setting of the Strawberry Park Hot Springs!  This is where we spent most of the weekend, soaking in the delightfully warm to hot mineral water that trickles out the mountain into natural pools.  The pool closest to the source of the spring is the hottest and the pool furthest away is the coolest.

It truly is a gorgeous setting to enjoy!

This year reservations are required to keep the social distancing rules and masks must be worn except when one is in the water for coronavirus precautions.

At the end of the day, we dined and celebrated at one of our favorite restaurants in Steamboat Springs, a contemporary French cuisine restaurant called Harwigs that has been in existence for 40 years!  As you can see we dined on oysters on the half shell, escargot in red wine garlic butter sauce, and entrees of crispy duck breast, and we had caramel ice cream over chocolate brownie dessert with fruit on the side--everything superb! We always make a point to dine at Harwigs and the staff treats us with extra special attention. 

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This Monday will be our 46th wedding anniversary!  We had hoped to celebrate in southwestern Colorado at another natural hot spring setting at the Pagosa Springs Resort and Spa, but we canceled that as we felt it was not the best time to be traveling during this pandemic. We are now both in the "must be very careful" age of life.  Instead, I plan to make a very special dinner and we will enjoy a special red wine we purchased in Napa Valley on a trip we made a few years ago. Life is good and we have been blessed.  It was fun to reminisce about last year's anniversary trip that I never had a chance to blog about, and hopefully, by next year's anniversary, we will be traveling again.

Stay happy, safe, and healthy!

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