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We haven’t had a bad meal in Colorado. You have to have the ability to discern a good restaurant. Use Yelp and read some menus on the street when you walk up. Look inside and see how busy it is, and look at the food. If it all looks good to you, it is good.

We like hiking 14ers, general sightseeing and this year we will rent a Jeep. Beautiful state.

We prefer staying in a condo with a kitchen, and we make 90% of our meals on vacation. It’s flexible and better. I like to cook, so if you don’t like to cook you need to eat at restaurants. Condos are plentiful and relatively well priced in the summer, because the max lodging capacity is based on ski season. This means there is more lodging supply than there is demand in the summer season, and deals are not too hard to find.

Regarding location, any of the well known ski towns have activities 12 months a year. Along I-70 is easiest to/from Denver but if you venture farther north or south there are some great sights to be seen. If your schedule permits, visit when the Denver and Colorado Springs public schools are in session. Fewer crowds, more lodging availability and lower prices.