creekside winery — Wandering Airstream

life in the fast lane

May 2nd, 2012 0

we had the best weekend! we had company in town (love visits from the fabulous miss L) and took time off for a mini road trip. we started in idaho springs, it’s en route to vail and we’re are always tempted to stop but…it never seems to happen. it’s nestled between two mountains and is only 3 blocks wide and 3 miles long, very quaint. we had the biggest fried mushrooms ever at tommyknockers plus they brew some seriously good beer (i recommend the stout). next was echo lake (one of our favorite trips from last year, see that visit here & here), we were lucky, it was beautiful and sunny and warm. there is something so charming about echo lake, the picnic area, and lodge (although the lodge was a few days shy of opening for the season), the air is the cleanest, crispest air i’ve ever been in, if you have even a short time in the denver area it’s a great spot to visit. our last stop was evergreen, the drive from echo lake to evergreen takes you winding down the mountainside and past echo run ski area, have any of you skied their runs? and.. we could.not.help.ourselves.. we had to do a little wine and port tasting to round off the day, i mean we did have company. (;