My parents’ visit last week started with a three-day trip to Aspen, and it was great to be able to see another area of Colorado that I hadn’t been to before. We picked my parents up early from the airport last Friday morning, and headed west on I-70. The main purpose for the weekend getaway was that my dad had booked a fly fishing trip for Cam and himself the following day. We actually stayed in a town called Basalt, which a really cute little town just north of Snowmass and about 20 minutes north of Aspen and it’s a really popular spot for fly fishing. Here are some of my favorite photos from our weekend there (warning: there are a lot!):
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| Yay, parents! |
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| View from the front of the condo |
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| View off the condo balcony–it looked right over the Roaring Fork river! |
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| Downtown Basalt |
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| Best nachos I’ve ever had at The Brick Pony Pub |
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| Lola wanted in on the action of course |
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| Family |
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| Downtown Aspen |
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| Lots of beautiful old buildings |
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| Cute parents |
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| Mom & I |
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| Of course we had to go see the famous Maroon Bells! |
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| So pretty! |
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| Starting our hike |
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| A few of the aspens were starting to turn, but we were a few weeks early for peak color…oh well |
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| Views from the trail |
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| Beautiful mountains at the end of our hike |
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| The guys before their fishing trip on the Roaring Fork |
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| Fly fishing Cameron |
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| While they were fishing, my mom and I explored the Saturday Market in Aspen |
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| Rooftop lunch |
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| On the way home Sunday, we crossed over the Continental Divide…and of course stopped to take pics! |
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| Me being a photog, per usual |
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| Lola not understanding what’s going on, per usual |
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| We drove through Leadville, which is where we went camping earlier this summer…at 10,200 feet, it’s America’s highest elevation city…it’s pretty much the opposite of Aspen in terms of the town, but it’s a beautiful place! |
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| Ski fence! |
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| Leadville also has a lot of really crazy colorful houses that I find really interesting |
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| We also stopped to have lunch in Breckenridge, I love that town 🙂 |
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| Downtown Breckenridge |
This part of Colorado is absolutely gorgeous, and even though my parents have been out here before, it was still a lot of fun for us to share it with them. I’ve got some more pictures from their visit (yes, we actually took more, crazy I know) and I’ll be sharing those soon as well. Until later lovelies! xoxo
