Almost Made It

For once i actually  surprised Jenni with something. We headed off to the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park Colorado for her birthday, she didnt’ know until we pulled up to the parking lot! My ruse was heading off to Steamboat and I told her we were going a different way because of the weather… We had a fantastic romantic and quiet weekend, really a welcome respite to our busy schedules and from the holiday bustle.

The hotel is famous for the movie The Shining, by Stephen King – I guess you can say its their thing. Apprently Stephen King was inspired by the hotel while he was staying there and changed the story based on a winter hotel rather then an amusement park. They show the movie 24 hours a day on channel 42 as well as Jay Leno driving a Stanley Steamer on channel 43, some funny stuff. The place is pretty old, actually its  about the same age as our house at 100 years (built in 1909 or so), so being as large as it is and “quaint” it gets kinda spooky around the place at night.

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