Fall foliage right here at home in CO!

We had hoped to do a fall foliage train tour in the northeast, but Amtrak has retired the Dome cars from service.  One exception, the Adirondacks picking up in New York City and delivering in Toronto.  But we couldn't make the trip work with our businesses.  So today, we drove an hour and 15 minutes from home and saw some of the best fall foliage in the country, the quaking aspens right here in Colorado!  We picked up a dear friend and headed out at 9AM this morning and we were home by 3.  It was an awesome fall day, just cool enough at 9200 feet of elevation to require a fleece or a sweater.

Fall is my favorite time of year!  Crunchy leafs smelling of earth, and the warmth of pumpkin, cider, fires and the beautiful rainbow display nature puts on.  It's everything I like rolled up into one season, missing the ocean, but all the rest is there!  We went to Eldora ski resort, still locked up but we managed to find the Wundervu Inn to stop and have a late breakfast, located near the town of Nederland, which hosts the annual Frozen Dead Guy Day celebration each year, I kid you not.  http://frozendeadguydays.org/aboutfdgd  Nederland was packed with tourists as was the road up to Eldora.  Everyone was up in the mountains this weekend from the looks of things on Facebook!

The Wundervu is a little southwestern restaurant that also happens to sell amazing chocolate candies and their very own delicious hot fudge sauce with ingredients you can read.  Like cream, butter, cocoa, and powdered sugar.  So good.  And we highly recommend it to you should you pass through on your way to Frozen Dead Guy Day:)

Hope you're getting into the fall spirit!  We're looking forward to "Apple Cider Mimosas with Brown Sugar Rims" for our next Sci Fi bookclub:)