Crested Butte, Colorado

So this weekend Megan took me on a surprise vacation to Crested Butte. I had no idea where we were going, what to pack, or what to expect. We left after work on Friday and hit the typical Friday rush hour traffic, coupled with the weekend warriors making their way out of town and the typical road construction. We ended up arriving 228 miles and about 3 hours later at our destination. The rains around South Park, Colorado, were brutal– coming down faster than most any Colorado rain storms.

We had a nice egg role appetizer with a poppy passion salad, and linguini dinner at the Missing Spoon, in Buena Vista. The weather has been very rainy, atypical for this time of year. We are staying at the Crested Butte Retreat, which is an beautiful bed and breakfast overlooking the town. We are staying in the Red Lady room. The B&B has amazing rooms all of which were newly remodeled about a year ago. There are multiple hot tubs, great living and communal space, wonderful kitchen with a chef. The owner of the place is well traveled and a down to earth guy. He has decorated the place with artwork from his 13 month around the world trip. Including a tibetan chest, some bas reliefs, tankas, trinkets, masks, etc. We feel very much at home.

We were looking forward to the mountain biking and hiking, but as of now it’s not looking like were going to be able to do much because of the wet trails and the on-going rain. We may try to hit up the Wauinta Hot Springs on the way back to Denver tomorrow.

We had lunch on Saturday at Ginger Cafe, a great Thai restaurant. We split the spring rolls, miso soup, jasmain tea, and green chicken curry. The currey was our favorite…we had some chocolate caramel and marshmellows at the Chocolate Factory after lunch.

Before we left for the trip, Megan spoke with Melissa (our roommate) and got all of Melissa’s favorite spots. We took Melissa up on her recommendation for Dinner Saturday, and went to Le Bosquet. I had the twilight menu special, which included a three course dinner for $20. I had trout, served red like salmon, with the house salad, and the chocolate mousse. Megan had the gnocchi and the steak kabob special. All in all it was ok. It was kind of like grandma’s attic…older crowd and older decor. None the less it was a great dinner with Megan.