hello from idaho springs, colorado
hey you guys we are here in idaho springs colorado doing a day trip we are doing all the things you
can do in one day here in idaho spring we're gonna be hiking into a glacier we're gonna
be at driving the highest paid road in america you guys hitting up the downtown area of idaho
springs doing low dining shopping and there's even some hot springs here so you know we'll
be checking those out follow along and let's go explore idaho spring all right you guys so we are
downtown here in idaho springs on miner street and before we get our day started we're gonna
grab a coffee look at this cute little downtown area they're getting it like all set up and ready
for the weekend we're gonna go to the frothy cup for some coffee oh smells so good in here
what a cute little coffee place oh they got little muffins we're just sitting here
it's so nice and quiet we got a homemade blueberry muffin like this looks amazing it's so good
and she warmed it up so it's like warm and blueberry and lemony and amazing so got our
coffees we're on our way out because we have to get to our hiking spot but i got an ice
vanilla latte vince got a caramel macchiato the spoon so good that was the cutest little coffee
shop and the lady working was the sweetest like literally if you're in idaho springs go
to frothy cup and get a coffee and a blueberry muffin they have some really good caramels too
we just we didn't want all that food right away this morning but it looked amazing so check it out
so we are starting our day with a morning hike and we are headed to st mary's glacier so the trail
head is just right outside idaho springs to hike it to the lake isn't too far i think it's maybe
like a half mile and then once you get to the lake there of course you can go like around the
lake and there's like talking of other trails and here's the trail conditions starting out
nice and rocky so there is a five dollar parking fee that you have to purchase when you come here
to park so make sure you have cash with you because there's no atms or anything it's like
a little box where you put your cash in and you get a permit so um fy five dollar parking
so just a heads up as you are hiking here there are tons of like trails that go off the trails
and there's no markings so right now i am depending on my google maps
to get us to the glacier because there's so many trails here and
if you didn't have a map you probably would not end up in the right place so fyi
saint mary's glacier and this reflection you guys it's absolutely gorgeous look at that
this is amazing
another marmot there he is
all right well we're not going any further than this because these views are amazing and
yeah this is just absolutely gorgeous you guys saint mary's fisher a fun fact you can swim here
in a statement with the lake here um there's actually people going in it's so cold though
i definitely want to do this um one day we're gonna swim in this lake that would be so amazing
there's some people hiking up there along the glacier and the snow look at that
i would highly recommend probably like hiking poles because i can only imagine
it's probably a little slippery all right you guys we are back here in idaho springs and
fun fact this is where the gold rush started and right behind me is the argo mill there's gold
panning and there's tunnels and like everything kind of started right here which is pretty
amazing so if you're interested that i do offer tours here um we're not doing a tour but you can
come to the site and like walk around a whole bunch of cool like equipment and stuff to kind
of check out here from when they used to mine for gold here so we are currently walking underneath
interstate I70 to another very famous attraction here so right from downtown they have a really
cool trail that brings you on the other side of the highway to charlie taylor waterwheel and
waterfall
so it is a fourth of july weekend it's actually friday july 2nd as we're here in idaho springs
very patriotic everywhere they have flags and everything it's just beautiful i'm loving it
and white water rafting cool so many cute shops downtown on miner street like i have all like
colorado gear which i love of course but i need to kind of addicted to it i need to stop spending
money on it go very well i found this shirt this is thinking cute more colorado gear can't go wrong
all right you guys so we're gonna have lunch before we continue on our adventures here in
idaho springs and we're going to have lunch right here this cute little place called
the vintage moose is that not adorable right there's the waterwheel oh we just are at
i got a watermelon sangria and you can't say no to a pretzel and cheese i got the pulled pork
this looks so good with chips vin's got the french dip it's enormous
nice
the place was like the perfect little light lunch spot they only have like four main items on the
menu and then they had a few like uptight as there was like the pretzel it was just like the perfect
spot to grab like a quick bite and a drink and now we're on our way to adventures tomorrow
next adventure we are taking mount evans scenic byway to the top of mount evans
now a few things i want to talk to you about you have to have a permit in order to go to the top
of mount evans with a vehicle timed entry we have a noon slot so that's the one we'll be
able to enter is at noon the pass for a vehicle is eight dollars you can get that passes right
on recreation.gov and super cool thing this is the highest paved road in america colorado is
home to some of like the one and only and this is one of them so let's go explore mount evans
all the views on this byway oh my god this is gorgeous wow
temps are dropping as we get higher and higher look at we got some sheep
benefits of a car roof
that's cool is they're literally licking our viewers
oh my god you just never know what's gonna happen in the mountains okay that was funny
because uh we started slowly moving away from them so they walked to the car behind us and
started licking that car so i don't know what's on vehicles that these uh sheep enjoy there's no
salt on this there you go oh boy there's a big herd in front of us holy smokes there's a lot
dang check it out you guys traffic jam oh no one's peeing on the road it's not gonna leak
that is so funny it looks like a cat the good day for selfies with the sheep
literally right by the vehicle hello hello oh welcome welcome there they go they're licking the
vehicle again you guys i don't understand okay i think we found the local sheep herd because
literally they're like everywhere right here on the mountain it's crazy there they are hello
there's like oh my god there have been like over 100 right like it's crazy they're like everywhere
we're at summit lake and look at there's still a little bit of iso in the lakes up here
wow look at those clouds coming in wow this is so pretty
ice oh my gosh lake summit nice right there for you guys
nice so of course we don't know like the whole timed entry stuff that's being implemented
however i do feel like it is needed and it is a good thing because over tourism is definitely
a thing especially during this pandemic no one could leave the country everyone just you know
flock to national parks in these scenic areas and as much as it stinks to have to prepare
it is a good thing so be sure to plan ahead
get your tickets and you can enjoy stuff like this because it really does make this area in all areas
much more enjoyable without it being packed with people it really is really nice to just enjoy this
without all the people look at this guys we're in the clouds like literally holy cow hey guys
45 degrees it's getting colder i would come in my car i'm just kidding i can't see anything
you're basically to the top we haven't made it all the way but there was like a little pull off and
so we figured it'd be kind of cool to stop right here because this is
out of this world like look at just mountain tops after mountaintops after mount times
wow oh my god you guys we got our first goat oh my god oh my god he's got a baby
oh they're beautiful
all right it just started down pouring
at sleep we're standing right there we were right there you guys
now it's goat crossing that is one animal we have not seen yet since we've moved to colorado so i am
just so excited mama and baby and i don't know if you saw on her shoulder i don't know if that was
blood or if that was a tag it kind of looked like blood so i don't know baby's got it too
long i know but baby might have rubbed up a mama so i don't know so we're at the summit
and it's raining but it's actually like sweeting we're officially over 14,000 feet here at the top
of mount evans and it's snowing like this is awesome we made it to the summit
we're in the clouds you guys this guy oh my gosh it looks grumpy
i can see my breath
oh my god oh my god you guys oh the whole family
they're going in the building oh my gosh they're baaaing we're always in a good spot so now
there's a sheep right there look at that oh my god we gotta go
and we got sheep let's go see the sheep
the tallest paved highway in america you guys this is pretty sweet alpine chandra for you guys
you must do a mount evans buy the eight dollar pass get up here in your time slot it's
absolutely out of this world like the coolest
we're back in idaho springs and now it's time for the hot springs we are at indian hot springs it is
20 per person for just the pool and that's what we're gonna do today very tropical
is that nice that's a bird of paradise right there it is enormous it's so big
definitely loving all the tropical plants in here they're like surrounded gorgeous
all right all done at the hot springs it was so refreshing and it's kind of like a nice way to
like kind of end the day like slow down after such a fun busy day um i would definitely say
it was one of the most dated hot springs we've been to we've been to like two others in glenwood
springs and this was a little bit more dated a little more rough around the edges but it's
a really pretty tropical area so um i think it's one of the closest hot springs to denver so if you
are visiting colorado i'm a lot of people flying to denver um i think it's one of the closest so
um i think it's popular because it is one of the closest to denver too so um but yeah but overall
it was nice it was a nice to check it out for sure and do a little relaxing back and downtown
time for dinner we're going to tommy knocker's brewery cute little place more beer for vince
easy nice i'm being lame i just have a pepsi we're actually sharing the cubano
pretzel bun sandwich and it looks really good look at that oh my god you guys this
is absolutely absolutely delicious like there's like horseradish on it and ham and food pork
and all the things and yeah it's really really good so if you come here and you're at tummy
knockers the cubano is something new on their menu and it's amazing and i have a fry leftover
really good go check that out if you're in idaho spring it was amazing next ice cream
ice cream to finish off our beautiful day here mint chocolate chip and chocolate yeah you got
rocky what'd you get rock your own chocolate chip that is right here in idaho springs thank you guys
so much for tuning in i hope this gave you some ideas and inspiration on what to do eat see here
in this beautiful charming little town there's been so many times we just drove right past this
town on our way to other areas of colorado and i'm so glad we finally stopped checked it out because
you guys this was amazing it's a small little gem here right off i-70 and there's so much to do here
so this was just scratching the surface i'm sure we'll be back for more eventually one day so if
you have any questions be sure to let me know down in the comments and don't forget to give
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