so about one year ago we were in boulder colorado and i did an entire vlog about how to spend one
day here in boulder and today we are back because both are such a cool area here in colorado
and we're just going to enjoy a bunch of outdoor activities so we are at chautauqua park by the
flatirons we're gonna go hike to an arch today royal arch so first time hiking to this arch
we've seen a lot of arches here in colorado um and this is one of those we have to see check out the
list and then nearby is another really cool state park so we're gonna go explore that state park and
just enjoy another fun day here in boulder colorado so let's start our hike and go see
royal arch so this vlog is basically part two of some of the best things to do eat and see here in
boulder a link below our first travel guide here to boulder and you can easily mix this vlog and my
previous vlog into a fun trip here in boulder colorado and ps if you're new to my channel
i am a local i live here in colorado so we do a lot of colorado outdoor stuff on my channel so
consider subscribing if you're interested for more we are lucky to have a blue bird sky day here in
colorado it is the middle of may as we're visiting here and the spring flowers are in bloom it smells
so good and so pretty the trailhead to royal arch begins right at chautauqua park and when you're
first starting this hike you're going to get some of the best views of the boulder flatirons the
hike to royal arch is roughly a bit over three miles round trip and considered a difficult hike
and i'll be honest they are not wrong it's short but it's steep they rate this trail difficult
it's like doing the stairmaster all the way up almost 1500 feet of elevation
oh feeling it but once you finally make it to the
royal arch that hard climb was worth it there it is you guys the royal arch
we made the royal arch how was the hike good yeah yeah goodbye royal arch it's a very popular
hike here and if you could see it was extremely extremely busy and packed with people so it's
just part of it it's a sunday and a beautiful middle of may day so trails are going to be busy
but it was totally worth it not a ton of arches here in colorado but um the ones that we do have
are beautiful all right we're just getting back so we started the hike at 11:20 and it is 1:40.
so about 2 hours 20ish minutes to do the hike round trip it was awesome loved it and beautiful
all right you guys we're at our next stop so just under like 20 minutes from boulder you can drive
to el dorado canyon state park we don't have like big plans of what we want to do here at the park
we're just going to drive along stop along the way and just kind of enjoy the park the
state park is a gem right in the backyard of boulder it's popular for rock climbers
and offers a variety of trails for hikers we considered hiking the rattlesnake gulch
trail however it's currently closed to protect the nesting season of golden eagles there's a
beautiful creek that runs through the entire canyon we just did a bunch of random stops and
enjoyed the canyon and river views until we got to the picnic area and visitor center at the end
el dorado canyon is absolutely gorgeous um it's like a short drive like through the park unless
you're doing a bunch of really big hikes it's not like it's going to take a lot of time here
but to see the river flowing in and out of this canyon um it's springtime so it's like
full-blown flowing right now and then at the end they have tons of picnic areas so
highly recommend if you come here definitely bring some food and have a picnic there's people like
grilling and it's making us really hungry because we're smelling like burgers it's like everywhere
and yeah this is such a pretty park and it's right by boulder so it's definitely something to come
check out we do have the state park annual pass so it was free entry for us because we've
already paid the admission with our pass however i think it was ten dollars per car to enter here so
um just keep that in mind if you come visit but now we're heading back to boulder and gonna go
get some food and maybe stop at a brewery and yeah cause the smell of all the food from the picnic
area made us hungry so let's go we made our way to the heart and soul of boulder the famous pearl
street it's lined with local stores with tons of restaurants and some great breweries all right
we're on pearl street and we're heading back to a local favorite which i know we went to in our
last vlog when we're here on pearl street um but we loved it so much we're like we have to go back
bohemian beer garden this place is a gem the owner immigrated to boulder from his hometown
in czech republic and designed the entire bar with pieces and inspiration from europe they
have the classic austrian style pretzel and a variety of imported european beers and drinks
coming to this bar it gives us feelings of being back in germany at the beer gardens bohemian beer
garden was amazing like always right so good so good german beers german beers i had wine
and a pretzel with some different types of horse sausage horse radish i said horse sausage horse
radish don't judge she had too many wines no i won wine so now we're gonna get some tacos the
tough place we're going to is not right off pearl street it's just like a couple blocks
down don't be scared to explore off pearl street either d1 tacos in an hour is a record for how
many tacos someone ate we're hitting up the urban taqueria tiaco they have a simple menu with
creative taco choices on homemade tortillas and made with all fresh ingredients here's our tacos
so we got carnitas polo some shrimp and baricoa tacos they look absolutely absolutely delicious
all right another awesome little find here in boulder
t/acos is how it's pronounced those tacos are awesome they're really good they
were really cool it's nice you could just pick and choose what tacos you wanted and
it's kind of like make your own platter it was great but now right down the street around
the corner is lindsay's deli i think and i saw they had some haagen-dazs ice cream so gotta go
here's our little ice cream treat i got rocky road and vince got
what was it brownie and cream yeah and this is my first time sitting in a hand
chair i like it it's actually really comfortable and that's a wrap thanks for joining us on part
two of one day here in boulder colorado i hope this gave you more inspiration and tips of the
best things to do eat and see in this fun little town if you have any questions let
me know down in the comments and we'll see you guys in my next vlog thanks for watching