October 9, 2006

• Estes Park Trip

  Well…we made it!  Yesterday was Jason & my 3rd wedding anniversary!

  We went to a beautiful city here in Colorado…Estes Park!

  

  We did a great deal of shopping in downtown Estes (where the photos above were taken).  I’m sure we spent entirely too much money…but we had a blast doing it!!

  I have a ton more photos to show you!  First off…the photos from the infamous Stanley Hotel where Stephen King wrote his famous book “The Shining” and later refilmed the made for t.v. version of the story in 1996 (I was staying at the Stanley Hotel when they were filming that movie…hehe).

  Jason and I went on a cool tour at The Stanley Hotel on Saturday evening.  It was part historical and part ghost tour!  It was a lot of fun and I got some incredible photos!  I even got some pics of orbs and such.

  

  The Stanley Hotel – Jason took this as we were pulling up to the hotel on Sunday morning

   

  

  Jason & me in front of The Stanley Hotel – Estes Park, CO

   

  

  the 1906 model of the Stanley Steamer w/ a pic of Mr. F.O. Stanley himself – foyer of The Stanley Hotel (2 orbs on left side of photo)

   

  

  the main staircase (2 orbs in this photo – one top left and the other along the stairway on the right)

   

  

  the main stairwell from the 2nd floor (6 orbs in this photo all on the top left of the pic)

   

  

  2nd floor hallway – I captured 5 orbs in this pic (I’ve circled them so you can see them better)

   

  

  the infamous Room 217  – not only was this room important in the book “The Shining” (best known as the room the old lady was in the bath tub) but it has it’s own history at The Stanley Hotel as well; apparently a maid almost died in this room lighting a gas lantern in the early days of the hotel - it exploded, she survived the explosion but when she died several years later…apparently she never left the hotel and is often seen in this room along w/ making her presence known in many other ways

   

  

  another 2nd floor hallway – 2 orbs in this pic (again I circled them for you)

   

  

  4th floor back stairwell – 1 orb in front of the door here

   

  

  here’s a pic of the pet cemetery outside of the hotel; this is where employees used to bury their pets back in the early 1900′s…gee, I wonder where Stephen King got the idea for a pet cemetery as a book? hmmmm….

   

  Okay…on to the pics from the horseback ride on Sunday morning!!  It was pretty chilly outside that morning and drizzling rain on and off for most of the day.  BUT, we ventured onward and went on our horseback tour anyway and had a blast!!

  

  Jason on his horse “Izzy” the exact replica of my horse “Lizzy”…they’re sisters

   

  

  some of the other riders as we’re heading up the trail

   

  

  Jason and Izzy slowly making their way up the hill – this horse was the epitome of SLOW and she had more gas than any other horse I’ve ever known!!!  Yup…she was perfect for Jason!

   

  

  these Elk were just lying around when we trotted by

   

  

  a view of Estes Park from the trail we were riding on

  BTW…do you know how difficult it can be to take photos while riding a horse through the mountains??

   

  As you can see we had a great time up in Estes Park this last weekend!!  We’ve even decided that next time we go we’re going to stay at The Stanley Hotel!! I’m picking the room!

  

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