The Hills Are Alive; With the Sound of Music

Day 3 of our Capitol Challenge Road Trip. We are expert planners on a mission to see as much as possible in 20 days. So far that has been a success! Here are the stats for today: 

States: 4 no new ones today

Capitols: 0 -- I know... tomorrow this part will be updated! 

Books read: none... still on the same chapter as yesterday. 

License Plates Found: 19 + 15= 33!  (Georgia, Michigan, New Jersey, Maryland, Utah, Nebraska, California, South Dakota, Iowa, North Carolina, Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana, and Idaho for today)

Crunches/Squats: 55! 20 in the morning to make up for yesterday and 30 this evening. Tomorrow is a day of rest. 

Number of people asking us about our trip: 0 but MANY people read the stuff on our car. We are just going to shout out to them what day we are on :) 

OK, so let's get back to today's adventures. Our morning started out by getting some breakfast at Village Inn. It was great! The pancakes were the best I have had! We did not buy pie today but we wanted to! Thank you to our host Melissa for taking us in and giving us the BEST hospitality! 

Our next stop was Hammond's Candy Factory. This is a FREE tour. Yes, you read that correctly, FREE! If you are in Denver it is worth the stop. It was really neat to see all the workers hand making the candy and then packaging it and getting it ready to ship out.

After candy it was time for Tea. We drove to Boulder, Colorado to take the Celestial Seasonings tour. Guess what! Are you ready? This was FREE also! Our tour guide was really funny and we had a great time listening to all he had to tell us. Then, you get to sample tea! Oh, did I mention that they also give you 4 tea bags if you take the tour?

We then took some long winding roads into the mountains. Our destination: Rocky Mountain National Park. So, the plan was to hike and eat at Bear Lake. Well... that was closed. As the ranger crushed our dreams we walked to the gift store to use the indoor plumbing. As we stood there in the gift shop trying to figure out what to do, a very nice lady who worked there saved us! She offered to help us and gave us a GREAT idea. She said to take the scenic drive up the mountain to Alpine Visitor Center. There were breathtaking views of the mountains, valleys, glaciers and much more. This seriously saved our day. I regret not getting her name so that I could thank her.

This is our first stop. We thought this was an amazing view... it is! But, there are so many more amazing views to come!

Oh yeah, that is an Elk. It was just grazing right off the road. What do people from Texas do when they see wildlife up close and personal? Take a picture of course!

Look! Snow!! I could not believe that there was snow still on the mountains!

The Hills are Alive, With the Sound of Music. We could not stop singing that song. I just wanted to sing and dance on those mountains!

Looking at all the snow

We were almost 2 miles above sea level!

"It's like we're in a cloud." ~ not said by Celeste!

61 degrees was really cold. The snow was not really melting. But, we are from Texas and July is 100 degrees usually, so we dressed for that!

We took one more picture before leaving the mountains.

We ate at Rio Grande in Boulder. It is located near Pearl Street. If you are ever in Colorado and craving Mexican food this is the place to eat!

Well, it was a LONG and eventful day. I can't believe it is only day 3! It feels like we have been on vacation for WEEKS! Oh wait, we still have 17 days! Thanks for reading!

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