Flying to Breckenridge

I just got back from my annual mother/daughter trip. Each year me, my mom (Anita), Aunt Diane and Cousin Holly, and Aunt Suzie and cousin Caryn all go somewhere different for a short vacation. This year it was Breckenridge, Colorado and we flew there... It's not that I hate flying, it's more about the taking off and the landing, with all the noises and seeing the wing...

But, I'm back on ground now and here's our trip.

Friday the 5th. My mom and I flew into Denver (I made my mom fly with me) and from there we met up with everyone. We rented a car -Cadillac Deville was the biggest car they had- and barely fit all our luggage in the trunk. This was a nice car, but from the beginning we had troubles with it. When they got the car and driving down the highway, they noticed the hood bouncing. Sure enough, the hood wasn't in lock position. Ok, fine. Fixed that. Then we start heading to Breckenridge and the "Check Coolant" light flicks on. So we call Alamo and they said to see if there's enough fluid in the car. Come on~we're women. So we go to a gas station and ask a nice man if he could check our coolant. He does, but the lid is stuck, so even if we wanted to we couldn't put fluid in the car. The car ran fine the whole trip, but then on the end of the trip, bringing the car back... the check tire pressure light come on... silly car.

Saturday the 6th. Waking up in Breckenridge at 9,603 feet felt like a bad hangover the first morning. But it didn't stop us from shopping! I got Tom a black Breckenridge t-shirt and for myself a t-shirt and sweatpants. It is a very touristy town, so they had lots of souveniers.
We went to dinner at the Hearthstone http://www.hearthstonerestaurant.biz/. Probably the best restaurant there - Even though there were ALOT of great restaurants. Aunt Suzie's boss (It's his condo we stayed at too) gave her $300 to go to eat at this place. There's a picture of all of us sitting around the table.

Sunday the 7th. Driving to Wilderness Peak. I think we were at 11,000 feet when we got there.
We drove through South Park - I thought that was cool. We stopped at this little consignment shop and I got a fun top from there. There's a picture of me wearing it with my cousins on either side of me. That night we ate at the Blue River Bistro http://www.blueriverbistro.com/. I had the bestest yummiest meal with angel hair pasta, artichokes, sundried tomatoes, huge garlic cloves, and tofu.

Monday the 8th. We cleaned the condo and started our drive back to Denver. BUT, before we head to the airport we made a stop at Old Navy and REI. I soooo wanted to buy a bunch of camping equipment but I didn't have room in my suitcase, so I just got a few small things.
My mom and I got back to Marquette at 2:00 am. Back to work Tuesday...