0 miles driven, 2-3? miles walked

Our last day in Breckenridge.  We were awake As Usual at 6a. 49ers won.  Giants won.  Dodgers lost.  I was at the coffee place at 6:40 and we spent the next hour and a half computing.  Then we went across the street to the Blue Moose for breakfast: two eggs over  hard, bacon, toast, potatoes and OJ; two poached eggs, sourdough, hot sauce, a piece of Bob’s bacon.

After breakfast we walked up to the Catholic church to say a prayer for Roberta and Michael.  Rest in peace, Michael Cleary, our very good friend.  It’s heartbreaking and impossible to think about.

We spent the rest of the morning walking the length of the town looking for our final trinkets and gifts.  The sales are now marked down 60% and 70% instead of 30%, 40%, 50% (Columbia shoes for $32! ).

This is a very pretty town.  Of course there are certain properties that aren’t as well-kept but for the most part, all have well-tended gardens full of colorful flowers.  Like the yard above which was near the church, on  a street we have never been on before.

Back to the hotel at 11a and I headed down to the pool with my book.  Was back in half an hour because it started raining.  haha. Big. Black. Cloud.  It happens so fast!

We went back to the Empire Burger for lunch: hot dog with chili, cheese and onions with a side of fries and a Pepsi for Bob, buffalo burger, PBR in a can, four of Bob’s fries for me.  We sat outside under an umbrella which came in handy about an hour later when it started raining.  We walked up to the Post Office and it started raining hard so we dodged in and out of shops until we decided to go back to the room and read until our last happy hour as *locals*.

We leave the room about 4:30 (“we’re late” says Bob) and walk into the Briar Rose at 4:45.  Hitler’s nose and the BF (in a light blue superman shirt and NY Yankees baseball cap) were at the end of the bar by the wall and a guy (friend of theirs) was in the middle and we took the two at the other end so Bob could catch the trailer on ESPN.  Henry, the bartender the first night we were there, made us our cocktails and we toasted to a great week.  We planned to go to Kenosha’s so we could watch the Boise game but we were tempted by the small plates at half price (the fries were $2……).  We prevailed and said our goodbyes… I went down to say good-bye to Hitler’s nose and the BF… I felt I should since we sat at the same bar all week…. they were very very nice and were quite impressed that we had been to so many of the local favorites.

So we walked up the street to Kenosha’s and got two seats at the bar in front of the Boise game.  I ordered a hummus and vegetable plate ($5 happy hour) and Bob ordered the potato skins ($5).  We each ate about 1/2 (very good though).  I could not wait to have the buffalo flank steak which I ordered medium rare with sautéed mushrooms and green beans (the meat was fantastic!  we are so going to be eating more buffalo and bison at home).  Bob had his favorite, center cut sirloin with french fries, green beans and a caesar salad.  We ordered a bottle of Hobnob, a French pinot that was quite good.

Toddled home, sad for the end of a great vacation but looking forward to drive tomorrow.

Random things……

Buffalo and Bison are so lean; approximately 3g of fat and 150 calories per 4 oz.  They are both a bit sweeter (is the word? maybe grassier?) than even grass-fed beef.