We made it to Colorado and it is beautiful here! We camped in Sterling, CO last night at a state park. It was our coldest night yet and we woke up to frost on the tent. We were all bundled up and stayed plenty warm. Being a state park there was some wildlife and preserved land all around us. We had a couple visitors during the night including some deer and a little rabbit we named Jack. We were the only ones in the campground until the evening and that is just the way we like it. Nice and quiet. I still think people think we're crazy for tenting. SO BE IT! It's the real deal and a ton of fun.
We drove from Sterling to Longmont to visit the Oskar Blues Brewery the makers of Dale's Pale Ale. The drive was amazing because we moved from the beautiful prairie country of Colorado to the unbelievable Colorado Rockies. The mountains are snow capped and just gorgeous: a sight to see that is for sure!
The brewery was a lot of fun! We got a sampler of their 7 most popular beers. Of course Dales Pale is their most popular, but some of the other beers we haven't heard of that much. We loved them all. The stout was exactly something you would want in the winter sitting at a bar watching the snow fall. It was around 60 degrees today so it didn't quite fit, but it was still good!
Some murch and some pictures later and we were on our way to lunch. Colorado holds some of the coolest and first micro breweries and we're excited to visit a few of them. Tomorrow we are looking to go to Breckenridge Brewery just down the road.
Stayed tuned for more Colorado!
