Our last full day was Friday and we chose to spend it exploring around Vail. First we headed to the gondola to go to the top of Vail mountain and see all the summer activities they had going on.
10,000 ft was a little chilly but the views were gorgeous and we enjoyed walking around a bit.
We decided to ride the gondola back down, do lunch and souvenir shopping in the villages and then ride the other gondola to the top of the other mountain in the Vail resort.
I was sooo hoping to see a moose on this trip and told Beau I would bring him one back. We found a fun stuffed moose in the village that made moose noises and he sleeps with "Mr. Moose" every night now. I had to take this picture for him, too!
After exploring both villages in Vail, we headed up to Piney River Ranch, just 8 miles from our hotel, but a solid 50 minute drive. The first 5 minutes were on normal roads but it was a full 45 minutes in on a gravel road to get to the trailhead! It was beautiful, though! We had heard that this area had the best chance of spotting moose, and it was closing in just 3 days for winter!
We did about an hour and a half hike into the area before we came back to the trailhead to try and spot moose close to dusk.
Sadly, there were no moose sightings but we really enjoyed this location! We headed back to the hotel and got ready for our last dinner before heading home.
We headed to Fall Line, such a cute little place in Vail village! We ended up with mac and cheese as an appetizer (SOOOO good) and this delicious steak with a wedge salad. It looks like Mark got a lobster roll or something like that...the food on this trip was so good!
We had such a great time in Vail and were so lucky to get away for some adult time while my family watched our kids. We don't take these vacations for granted and hope to have many more in the future! Thanks for following along so far! I'm hoping to post the video I put together soon!
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