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Golden Girls Weekend

First, I'll admit that it took me WAY TOO LONG to rename our weekend Golden Girls. So I'll be using that a lot to make amends. 

Our sister-in-law had a great idea last year while languishing away through COVID quarantine -- we need to get the ladies together. My three sisters, Mom and her ... let's go away! We settled on Denver so we could see a Brandi Carlilie concert at Red Rocks. Got tickets last winter and pulled it all together little by little. We were not surprised when ALL the sisters confirmed they could go. We love being all together. 

I found a brand-new hotel (I love a new hotel) that just opened in Golden, and that brought the whole thing together. Cities are great to explore, but smaller nearby towns are way more managable for a weekend. So we booked it and that was that. 


Here are some details and recommendations from our trip: 

We stayed at the Eddy Hotel in Golden. We all shared a large room for the weekend but spend most of our time in the lobby. Lobbies are so important for large get-togethers. No one wants to sit in the room, sitting in the lobby is so much better -- get drinks, atmosphere and plenty of comfy seating. The views out the doors was the foothills and it was so relaxing. Lots of time catching up in the lobby. 

We did the hike up Mount Galbraith Park and it doesn't really matter that we didn't make it ALL THE WAY UP. The point was we walked and chatted and took in the sites. In 90 degree heat, no less. 

We tried the Golden Puzzle Room for a fun first day activity. None of us had ever done an escape room and we all agreed it was a lot of fun. Despite being so tired from our early morning flights. 

We didn't eat here but the Tributary Hall looked really good to pick up lunch or dinner. But we did have a last meal at Bella Colibri and agreed it was decadent and delicious. We had such good conversation over wine and pasta, I could have stayed here forever. 

Three of us went to Red Rocks to see Brandi Carlilie and I don't have to tell you what an AWESOME venue that is (this is my second concert at Red Rocks) and how amazing Brandi's music is. It was fantastic. 

I did have a little altitude sickness/anxiety at night -- still trying to figure out what that was all about. But I was so grateful to be all together with my favorite ladies in the whole world that nothing could have dimmed that happiness. 

A few more photos from the weekend.




Next year, Goonies weekend in Oregon? Montana cowgirl adventure? We'll see! 

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