Some thoughts and discussions from me.
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Good morning!
I kinda forgot to publish a blog post yesterday, haha. Actually, I’m pretty sure I completely forgot about my blog after doing an auto-publish post for the cookies from Tuesday. However, I have good reason:
My parents are here! 
Super smiley face because I haven’t seen them since I last left Florida! Crazy.
I’m super close to my parents, and talk to them on the phone every other day, so I’m so very happy to have them here visiting – and to see why I love this state so darn much.
Unfortunately, they had a bit of a Planes, Trains, and Automobiles experience as they traveled here. The night they arrived, we got an impromptu winter storm, naturally. So, their plane got delayed 3 hours. Then the flight to Colorado was – in my mom’s words the bumpiest ride she’s ever been on. Eeek.
When they finally landed, they went to get their rental car, packed everything in and…it wouldn’t start. So they got a new car, of course. There, they found an unpaid parking ticket, and the GPS wouldn’t work. It wasn’t until after midnight when they made their way to th hotel in Denver, in the falling snow, but not before stopping at a Seven Eleven and picking up a much needed six pack of beer.
Fortunately, the next day and the rest of the week is sunny and in the 60’s – and one day in the 70’s!
They arrived to my house Tuesday morning, and after lots of hugs and catch up, we decided to gallivant around Boulder, where we stopped for lunch at a little place downtown called Shine.
oh. em. gee. This place was absolutely outstanding. It’s a super cute little restaurant whose menu has gluten-free friendly options (and vegetarian) as well as its own microbrewery. As soon as our waiter told us they brew their own gluten-free beer, I had to try it.
‘Twas delicious. For lunch, I went with bison chili, along with cauliflower parsnip mash:
I also split some sweet potato fries with my dad. I cannot wait to go back! The entire menu looked delicious. Ahhh I love the restaurants here.
The rest of the night, we hung out with Shane after he got off work, went to a steakhouse, came home, and passed out.
Then yesterday was all about being ACTIVE! It started out with my morning small group training session at the gym. My mom decided to join in. We went through squats, reptile push ups, step ups, rows, and planks. After class, we took a family walk – my mom, dad, Niko and me – through the neighborhood:
It was a little cloudy still, so it was a wee bit cold (in the 40’s) but was hoofed it for 45 minutes. They could definitely feel the altitude difference burning in the lungs.
If that weren’t enough activity, after my afternoon small group training class, we headed up to Estes Park for a hike. But I feel like I’ve gabbed on enough for one post, plus I’m running out of time. I’ve got a core class to teach and a new client to train!
How are your travel experiences typically for you?
I’ve got to say – I’m usually pretty lucky when it comes to flying! No major mishaps here (yet – haha.)
Usually not bad, we have only missed a flight once with a connection flight since flight #1 was delayed and luggage has been lost twice in 6 years. I won’t jinx us though since we are travelling home from holidays tomorrow.
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Sounds like so much fun! I love when my parents are able to visit DC.
I generally have good luck flying, but I still hate it. Long delays and major problems like that are such a bummer!
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Sounds like you’ve been busy having alot of fun! Getting delayed in the airport can be a nightmare!
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oh man, ive had that travel experience before! Glad they got there. And glad you got to enjoy time away yesterday!
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Yay for family time! Sometimes we just need a break and spend time with those around us.
Ah travelling makes me anxious anyways, so delays are like nightmares for me haha,
At least they arrived and you guys had a good time!
I don’t usually have mishaps except once when I missed my plane and I had been travelling for 9 hours so I just burst into tears, not my proudest moment;) Oh and when I’ve had many panic attacks on the plane..um so not fun hah.
oh no! Glad they’re finally there and that y’all are having fun!! cauliflower parsnip mash? gahhh!
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Looks like so much fun! I love some family time.
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I love fresh, fun restaurants. That chili look so good!
I usually stress about traveling, and I’m always convinced that something will go wrong, but things typically go pretty smoothly for me!
Have fun with the ‘rents!
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I usually don’t do too badly when it comes to travel. Although when I came home from my trip to Mexico last Spring, we ended up waiting about an hour and a half for luggage. By the time we got our stuff, got loaded up and made the 1.5 hour trip home from the airport, it was about 5:30 am. Not fun!
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That little restaurant is adorable, and they brew their own GF beer? I need to find a place like that back east! Have a great time with your parents!
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Hooray for your parents visiting! That’s got to be so fun- to show them around to all of the places you love (so far!). I must try out that restaurant!
My worst travel story still gives me nightmares! We were in Boston visiting Greg’s dad and had a 4:30 flight home. The flight kept getting delayed because of “weather” and then around 9:00, we finally boarded the plane. We sat for about 30 min and then the captain came on and said we couldn’t fly because he had gone over his hours for the day. Then, we stood in line for almost 2 hours with everyone else to try to figure out how to get home. We ended up getting a 6am flight that had a layover in New York and landed in DC (we flew out of Baltimore!). We had to sleep on the floor at the airport. It was the WORST NIGHT EVER (no sleep!). When we finally arrived in DC the next day, we had to get my dad to pick us up and drive us to Baltimore to get our car. We got home around 3:00pm and had a 6:00am flight to CABO for a wedding the next day. I think I slept for 20 hours once we got to Mexico.
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My husband and I visited his sister in Denver a few weeks ago, and our flight home was one of the bumpiest I’ve experienced. I have no idea what the pilot was doing, but at one point it felt like we were free-falling for a couple seconds…like my stomach had that feeling when you start going downhill on a roller coaster. I’m not afraid of flying, but when that happened I instinctively reached out and grabbed my husband’s arm!
Looks like you guys are having a great time! When we were out there, we loved the availability of bison at restaurants… that chili looks so good!
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Looks like you’re having fun! Enjoy them!
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I’ve had a mix of good and bad travel experiences but overall they have mostly been good and haven’t had any major disasters. That bison chilli you had sounded interesting and I have only recently had sweet potato fries for the first time but they were yummy.
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