Aspen, CO

For our Anniversary this year (the big 11!) we went to Aspen.  Scott wanted to go there because he had a hunting tag for later in the month and wanted to scout things out and I wanted to go because the 

US Pro Challenge bike race was going on in Colorado.  So it was win, win for everyone.

The week before going, Scott came down with pneumonia.... like the real chest x-ray, fluid in lungs kind....  so our trip was pretty mellow, but we still made the most of it!!!

Aspen was gorgeous!!!!  There were huge green pine trees everywhere.  We stayed at a ski resort just outside of town called Snow Mass at an amazing hotel.  My favorite part of the trip was riding the gondola up and down hill mountain biking.  I was super nervous, especially when I saw people heading up with full body armor, but I only crashed a couple of times and it was super fun!

For someone who lives and breaths professional cycling there is nothing better than seeing some of the riders from the Tour De France up close.  

We were horrible with timing things and completely missed the end of the race one day, but I felt like it was a good practice for some day when we go to France ;-)