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COLORADO – Day 5
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 – Golden, CO
We slept in. We packed up and left the AirBnB around 9:00.
We went to Mon Cheri in Lafayette for breakfast. Lexie had “the King” Biscuit (peanut butter, banana, and bacon) and a terrible latte. I felt bad that we didn’t go back to Tangerine so she could have the interesting latte she saw on the menu yesterday. I had Cheesy French Toast with Sausage. It was OK.
We drove to Golden (population 19,000). There are no Coors Brewery tours on Tuesdays L and the Free Bike Library is not open on Tuesdays either We drove up to Lookout Mountain. It has a beautiful view. You can see four states on a clear day. We went to the Buffalo Bill Museum and Gravesite. Afterwards, we had a Duffy’s Root Beer in the gift shop and contemplated our next move.
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We decided against driving to Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak in Manitou Springs. Instead, we just drove back to Denver. We toured the State Capital. It was pretty.
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We ate at Torchy’s Tacos for lunch. After lunch, we drove around and around looking for B-Cycles to ride on the Cherry Creek Path. We got frustrated and decided to go to the Bull and Bush Brewery instead. We enjoyed a beer or two and then drove to the airport to drop off our rental car. Our flight took off on time at 8:30 p.m.
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It was a quick, but nice trip with my daughter. For not having a lot planned, we managed to fill up the days with a lot of interesting excursions, several that I had not experienced on any of my previous trips to Colorado. I have to say, though, that although it was enjoyable to be in Rocky Mountain National Park without the summertime crowds, I prefer taking in the beauty of the park in the summer rather than mid-April.
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