With March being right around the corner, I wanted to share some of our most picturesque photos from our second anniversary trip to Denver on March 2018. Those mountains and the hot springs have certainly left an impression on us and we are dying to go back!

Maybe through our photos we can convince you to take a quick trip to Colorado!

We only had 4 days in Colorado, therefore we knew we had to set a schedule in order to see all we wanted to see. Once we arrived at the airport, we rented a KIA with a 4-wheel drive (Extremely IMPORTANT when driving on icy roads) and off we rode!

Our first pit stop was the Red Rocks Amphitheater! This natural rock structure is host to many concerts throughout the year. The air feels very thin up there, but surprisingly, it didn’t have an effect on Danny at all.

Though we can typically go out for a light jog and hold a conversation, I wasn’t able to walk and talk at the same time! So you guys can imagine just how much I struggled to climb to the top of the theater.

We spotted wildlife all over the mountains, but we got to see a deer up close. He (or she, I’m no expert) didn’t seem scared or bothered by human presence. Red Rocks has a tiny gift shop along with a very impressive gallery of fossils found in the area and all the stars that have played their songs in their stage!

The next day, we decided to drive 4 hours to a little town called Steamboats. It’s just so quaint and peaceful there. I believe we stayed in the only hotel available for the whole town! Not a lot to do there, with the exception of the BBQ restaurant 5 minutes from our hotel. That didn’t bother us, since we were only there for one night and our reason for visiting was to take a dip on one of the most beautiful and untouched natural hot springs in Colorado.

The drive up the side of the mountain was a little scary, not going to lie. We had snow tires on our car and they still skid while going uphill. We were going less than 10 miles an hour and we were still terrified, but the destination was well worth it!

The next day, we drove to another small town named Dillon and visited an Ice Castle! (Queen Elsa included). Since we had to wait till our time slot to enter the park, we decided to do an impromptu photoshoot, complete with having to change in the car, but it was all worth it since those photos turned out to be some of our favorite pictures to date. We found a park with a huge frozen lake and mountains in the back and we knew this had to be place for our yearly anniversary photos.

The Ice Castle was worth the wait! Pictures don’t do it justice, it was so beautiful and bright and clean! I enjoyed it so much!

Our last day in Colorado was actually spent in Denver. I loved how clean the city is, and how it made us feel like we visited another time period. We say this because they have bikes all over the city that don’t require a credit card to rent, they’re not even locked! People simply use them and return them to where they need to be. The highlight of our last day was a visit to the Molly Brown house. She was famously portrayed in the Hollywood movie Titanic as the woman who lends a fancy suit to Leonardo DiCaprio.

We were surprised at how modern this home seemed to be. They enjoyed running water, and even had an icebox (or refrigerator) with a very fancy wooden door.