Oh, where to start. I was really excited to get to go out of town for our anniversary this year, and we used our vacation rental and stayed in Breckenridge Colorado. We headed out on Saturday Oct 23rd early in the morning (because that is when Scott likes to drive) and headed there. The roads were fine most of the way, except for the Vail Pass. It was snowy, but not horrible. Anywhoo, we go there Saturday right around noon and checked in and then hit main street for some lunch. We had some yummy pizza at The Pizza Parlour. Yes, that is what it was called. We noticed a lot of things out there were called exactly what they were. Self-explanatory. We wandered up main street for a little while, but it was pretty chilly, so we hit the grocery store then we headed back up to our condo for the evening.
Sadly, that night, I got really really sick. I couldn't sleep because I felt awful and then I started throwing up. EVERYTHING. I threw up all night long and all day Sunday. Also, Sunday is when the snow started. We headed down to town and got me some chicken noodle soup and some bread, but I couldn't even keep that stuff down. It was pretty awful. No water, no sprite, no nothing. It was a fantastic way to start our vacation. Sunday night I was able to sleep, but I still threw up Monday morning after breakfast. I did keep more food down that day though. However, we were pretty much snowed in. There was a good 8 inches of snow. We could leave, but we had my car and it is not the most amazing snow vehicle. It works great for me, but not in a lot of snow up in the mountains. So we only left once all day Monday to get some food for Scott.
Tuesday was our actual anniversary and we spent most of the day in the condo, but we did go down to town for lunch, and we did go down for a nice anniversary dinner. I threw up every day of vacation, but I was eating normally Tuesday. We ate at this place called The Dredge. It is a dredge replica of a dredge that had actually sunk and was in the water right below it. I thought that was kind of cool. I tried to get some good pictures...
The one in the daylight, I obviously took later.
Anyway, Wednesday we were finally able to get down out of Breckenridge and make our day down to Denver, Colorado Springs, Castle Rock, and Manitou Springs. We tried to fit in as much as we could between Wednesday and Friday, since we headed back home on Saturday. To spare you the boring details, and partly because I don't remember exactly what we did each day, here is a brief synopsis and pictures:
Went to visit the Miramount Castle. We found it by looking for tourist attractions on our GPS. It was really interesting to see and read about the history of it and we were glad we were able to go. We found out that it is haunted at the end of the tour talking to the lady in the gift shop. 
- Did some shopping at the outlets in Castle Rock, probably the biggest outlets I have ever been to.
- Went to the King Tut exhibit at the Denver Museum of Art. It was interesting, but slightly disappointing. We were hoping to be able to see more of what was found and what King Tut was actually wearing or was buried in.
- Went to a comedy club called Impulse Theatre, which is similar to Comedy Sportz here in Utah. We ended up in the front row, which was a little close for me, but it was a good time.
- Visited Old Colorado City. Interesting, but probably not as impressive as it once was. There weren't a lot of stores that sold anything we were super interested in, and it seemed like a lot of them were foreign. Oh well, it was a nice walk.
- Ate dinner at a cool restaurant called Casa Bonita. The food was average, but they have a waterfall right in the middle and have little shows and divers. They also had a little mariachi band that went around and played for people. It was really cool, and I would definitely go back.
- Ate a restaurant called Old Chicago, which was very tasty. I had one of the best BBQ chicken salads I had ever had and Scott loved the garlic cheese bread. They are all over out there, and we would love to eat there again.
Friday night we went on "Banjo Billy's Ghost Tour" of Denver. I enjoyed it. Scott would have rather been able to go into the buildings and explore closer up, but I enjoyed staying on the bus and just hearing the stories of the buildings we were in front of. I get freaked out way to easy. We were on a bus that was totally redone and had a sofa in the back that we sat on and all kinds of random seating. A really fun environment. 
- Visited the Helen Hunt Waterfall. It was not super impressive compared to some of the other waterfalls we have seen, but not too bad. We hiked up past the waterfall to see another waterfall, but really what was amazing at the top were the views, not the waterfall.
- Went to Buffalo Bill's grave and museum. It was really interesting to read about him and see where they buried him. He requested to be buried there, and it is an amazing view of Denver. I dressed up and got on a fake horse at the museum. It was really fun. Also, they had a book showing where Buffalo Bill's group toured and it had a picture of the cast in front of the Salt Lake Temple. That was fun to see.
That was about it. I may have forgot something here and there, but those were the main parts. It was a good trip towards the end, and we would like to go back and be able to see and do more. It was just nice to have the week off and have neither of us working. We definitely needed it. Just wish I hadn't been sick. Would have made things much more enjoyable.
