We are back from the mountains!

B and I survived the freezing cold conditions of Steamboat Springs. As I stated before, we stayed in a cabin at the Strawberry Park Hot Springs. The hot springs were nice and warm, but everything else was cold. That’s what we get for going in the middle of winter. We enjoyed our trip, Steamboat is a very quaint little town, but while we were huddled around the heater, each of us wearing two sweatshirts, we just kept thinking that this would be so much better if it was July instead of January. Despite the cold, it was picturesque.

We took our own food with us, and it worked pretty well, but even before we left, we made a few changes to our meal planning. Here is what we ate:

Wednesday -
Breakfast – (at home) I ate yogurt.
Lunch – Grape, carrot, and curry chicken salad on a bed of lettuce. B grilled & chopped some chicken breasts Tuesday night, then I tossed the pieces with curry powder, sliced green grapes, shredded carrots, gluten free mayo, some almond slices, and basil, and served it on top of lettuce.
Snack- Grapes (in the car) while

Dinner (part 1) – Tacos: B cooked up some ground turkey Tuesday night and packed it in the cooler with black beans, a jar of salsa, and a block of cheese. He bought corn tortillas. When we first arrived at our cabin we were hungry, so B got out the taco fixings and made me the worlds coldest and most frozen taco…..ever. After eating it, I cried a little.

Dinner (part 2) We went down to the hot springs….which was so dark I could barely see B….and after our swim we went back up to our cabin to play cards, drink wine, and eat defrosted tacos. We also enjoyed some corn chips and B’s homemade, best in the world, guacamole. I don’t know what he puts in it, but its amazing.

Thursday -
Breakfast - Pre-made scrambled eggs with spinach and goat cheese, warmed over the heater.
Snack – Dried apricots

Lunch – Lunch at Beau Jos  - more on that later
Dinner – Steak cooked on the grill. Sautéed mushrooms. Diced sweet potatoes.

Fri-
Breakfast – Hebrew National Hot dogs. Carrots and Celery
Snack - on the road, almonds and dried apricots

We had a pretty good trip. Steamboat Springs is one of those towns that looks like Stars Hollow (Gilmore Girls reference) I went into this adorable little gourmet food shop and found a delightful sounding Champagne – Maple – Mustard marinade and Red Raspberry Vinegar that Bob would not let me buy. I had a good time and would even go back, preferable when the weather is not 20 below.