How is it possible for one place to just be more beautiful than the next? It seems like every time we change locations on this trip, the landscape creates another canvas we haven't yet experienced, only about 75 miles.
Tiger Run is one of the most recommended parks to stay in the Breckenridge area. I scored a two week reservation by stalking the website 6 months to the day before our planned arrival. The park ended up living up to the hype on location and the grounds for sure. We have never been snow skiers so the towns of Winter Park, Frisco, Breckenridge, Vail never held much interest for us in the winter, but I would come back in the Spring and Summer again, amazing.
The weather was cool and pleasant until the afternoon rains threatened, but they were light and just made everything green and smell fresh. We had read about all the miles and miles of bicycle trails in this area and while we did take advantage of our bikes, the afternoon pop up rain made it a little more dicey.
We found some very populated pickleball courts in Silverthorne. We had some good games there in the cool mornings. We saw some great live music in Frisco at the Highside Brewery. We are not beer drinkers, but the bartender let us try various brews until we found something we could drink. We were also lucky enough to attend a free Saturday night concert at the Dillon Amphitheatre. A gorgeous venue perched right at the edge of Lake Dillon.
When arriving at Breckenridge, we notice a small oil leak underneth the Jeep. Mike was able to get a service appointment to have it looked at in Silverthorne on July 5th. This will turn into a long and difficult fiasco throughout my upcoming posts. The dealer kept the Jeep for a few days so we were relegated to bike riding. The aftorementioned bike trails were definitely fortuitous.
We rode our bikes into Breckenridge and Frisco on more than one occaision as our Jeep was at the dealer awaiting parts. We enjoyed a tour and tasting at Breckenridge Distillery one afternoon and rode into Frisco for lunch. Both times we made it back before the rain got us.
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| Bought a bottle of their Gin, it was smoooooooth. |
We roamed around a fine art festival and took a lovely walk along the river near Tiger Run. We probably would have planned more activities but were a bit hampered by the Jeep situation. Nevertheless, Tiger Run was an exquisite spot to relax, enjoy the cool mountain weather.
Our next stop takes us literally through the Rocky Mountains via the Eisenhower Tunnel to three state parks just south of Denver.
I hope Ruth hasn't gotten any taller.😲
beautiful...can't wait to get there...
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