Sisters Trip - Mt. Princeton

 Due to Covid, we haven't done a Sisters Trip for a while - last year we DID get together in Soldier for our "Gran" reunion so that was great!  I had seen Patty in Iowa for Amy's memorial service and Teri had flown in to see Patty a few weeks later!

But Patty had called and said she wanted to come to Colorado for about a week and we decided the best time would be when Glenn went hunting - YES - a perfect time!    And then Patty and Teri were talking and Teri said she could come too and just like magic - WE HAD A SISTERS TRIP PLANNED!

We had decided it was just going to be low key - the only plans were to go to Mt. Princeton for the day and night to soak in the hot springs but otherwise we were just going to hang out - eat lots of junk food - watch Hallmark movies (yes, I started taping them a while ago!) - go out for coffee - and look at old pictures, scrapbooks and photo books!

Glenn got up early Wednesday morning and headed to his hunting spot - and Neal, Chance and nephew Mike arrived later in the afternoon to pick up an ATV and then head over to Glenn!   I picked up Patty and Teri at the airport and we headed back up to Florissant!

Teri had NOT seen our completed house - we checked the dates and the last time she was in Colorado was in 2014 when Glenn was building the house!  So it was fun to show her around and they both settled in!

What a fun afternoon and evening - just visiting and enjoying Happy Hour together and of course watching a Hallmark movie that evening - doesn't get much better!

After a short walk the next morning and special coffee, we packed up and headed west to Mt. Princeton!  We had actually went there the last time they both were here so it was fun to get over there to soak!  Our cliffside room was ready for us when we arrived which was wonderful - we got unpacked and threw our suits on and drove down to the pools!

Always love this view of the creek!

Unfortunately it was WINDY out - didn't really bother us in the pools but gosh it was cold when you got out!  We soaked for a while and then went back to our room to have happy hour outside - brrrrr!  It was chilly to say the least with that wind!

Wine and 2 kinds of dips and pretzels - yummy!

I put soup in the crockpot to heat up for our dinner later and we headed back down to soak - by this time it was dark and we all were very careful walking!  It's always fun to soak at night but we were disappointed that darn wind had NOT stopped!  But we still enjoyed it!

Back up the hill for downtime - our soup was delicious - and we just hung out till bedtime!

We all woke kind of early and checked the sunrise - not magnificent but not bad either!

I had brought pre-cooked sausage patties and eggs to put on bagels and it sure worked out great to eat in the room so we didn't have to wait at the restaurant - then it was back down to soak!  We got in the small pools and they felt so warm!

The infinity pool which is up where our room was didn't open till Friday so we planned to stop there for an hour before packing up!  We were all super impressed with the pool and it was so nice and warm with beautiful views!

I guess this picture posted wrong - it was taken in the morning when the sun hit the mountains!

   

And a cute display right by the office - they did have fall decorations all over so it was fun to see!

We headed home right before noon and got unpacked!  What a great trip to the hot springs!