Pagosa Springs, Colorado

Oh, Colorful Colorado!

We are fortunate to have the opportunity to visit the gorgeous little mountain town a few times a year and only a 2 and a half hour drive away! It is a wonderful little gem of a town, perfect place to take in the fresh mountain air. Whether it be a day of hiking, biking, skiing, snow shoeing, or fly fishing…truly an outdoor lovers paradise.

Downtown Pagosa Springs, CO.  The Malt Shoppe– yummy patty melts and ice cream

The Springs:  Pagosa is home to many thermal hot springs.  The Springs is located in the heart of downtown Pagosa Springs and also happens to be right on the San Juan River!

The town of Pagosa Springs has a great little historic downtown that includes antique shops, Colorado merchandise, Southwestern memorabilia along with some great places to eat and drink.   A few favorites of mine include Riverpoint Coffee, Kips Grill (fab tacos), and Riff Raff Brewing.

Pagosa Springs is split into Uptown and Downtown (the photo below was taken uptown).  Uptown also has some great areas to grab a bite.  My favorite is Rosies Pizzaria (Happy Hour daily AND MASSIVE PIZZA),  Pagosa Brewing Company, and Higher Grounds Coffee.

For our most recent trip to Pagosa Springs, Jason and I stayed at the Wyndham Pagosa. It was absolutely a beautiful location, the condos were spread out around a series of lakes (located in uptown Pagosa Springs).  The photo above is from the check-in area- No Joke! Our condo at the Wyndham had everything we needed and more….from a full kitchen with everything required to cook a meal to a large dining area and the biggest plus was a hot tub attached to the back of the condo building (shared between 4 condos)!



(Sunset photos taken from the Wyndham)

A celebratory beer for the weekend: Big Bad Baptist by Epic Brewing

Side note: the liquor store next to the Uptown City Market has an amazing beer selection for all of you craft beer lovers! We have found everything from Russian River Supplication to this bad boy pictured below.

Cheers!

Kristine & Jason

MLK Weekend

For the 3 day weekend, my husband, brother and I drove up to Colorado (Around a 2 and a half hour drive).

We had a great time with my Aunt and Uncle in their gorgeous mountain town.  There was still some snow on the ground from the last snow storm and of course plenty of snow on the mountain tops.  I have a few outfit photos to share as well as some pictures from our adventures over the weekend. 

First up, my outfit from Sunday morning...

My goal with this first outfit was to be warm and somewhat dressy for church Sunday morning.

 Sweater-Loft(here)/Shirt-American Eagle(simlar)/Jeans-American Eagle(similar)/ Boots-Old from Ebay (similar)

Sunday afternoon my Uncle and I went snow shoeing.  Off came the sweater and boots and on with the hat, coat and snowshoes!

It was a fantastic afternoon for a trek up to a scenic ridge in the snow and of course we were rewarded with this gorgeous view of the San Juan Mountains.

The San Juan Mountains

 My snowshoe selfie...

Thanks for reading,

Nature at it's Best

I decided to take a little blogging hiatus over the last few weeks while starting my new job!!  That's right, I have a job as a outpatient pediatric rehab therapist in Santa Fe!  Just starting my 4th week and loving it.  Also, there is talk of making me full time between pediatric rehab and outpatient adult rehab which is perfect being that my dream was to do outpatient adult rehab or outpatient pediatrics and being able to experience both at the same time is a dream come true!  

Enough about my new job, I could go on and on about it all day.  I have recently picked up a new hobby....backpacking.  Yes, not a very glamorous hobby but it combines my love for hiking with my love for camping all rolled in to one experience.  Here are some photos from my recent backpacking trips....

Backpacking trip to Lake Katherine in the Pecos Wilderness.

This was by far the hardest hike I have ever done with or without the large backpack.  The elevation change was brutal, 8 miles of going up, up, up, and then strait up for the last 2 miles.  At least the hike out was all downhill...

 Lake located at ~12,000ft elevation under the peak of Santa Fe Baldy.

 Me and Chloe at the lake.

 Aspen Grove

 Horny Toad!  I have been looking everywhere for these guys, glad to finally find one.

My 2nd backpacking trip was to Spirit Lake also in the Pecos Wilderness.  

This hike was about 12 miles round trip and a much more enjoyable trail to hike with 50lbs on the back.  It was a lovely way to spend the weekend!

 Me and Zoey at the lake.

 Me and the hubs...I think he has his eyes closed.

Thanks for dropping by!