Day 15 - Two Meals and a Shopping Trip

This morning we decided to eat breakfast at a place we had eaten at 10 years ago.  Ten years ago, Carol and I and Jason and Kara went on a vacation together to Lake Powell.  We spent five days on a houseboat on Lake Powell and toured several other national parks in Southern Utah.  On our way home we stopped at Fort Collins so Jason could visit with an uncle.  We all ate breakfast together at this restaurant.  They serve an excellent breakfast.

After breakfast we drove through the Big Thompson Canyon to Estes Park for some shopping (really more like looking).  I wonder who Big Thompson was to get a canyon named after him.  There are still some houses that have not been repaired or torn down after the flood.  I don't know their story.  Maybe there are problems with the insurance companies or maybe the don't plan to rebuild after such a loss.  We spent a couple of hours walking the streets of Estes Park.  Estes Park is just like Gatlinburg and West Yellowstone.  There are lots of t-shirt, tourist, and taffy shops along with many interesting places to eat.  We got back to the camper just in time for another thunderstorm.  That meant nap time for me.  For supper we ate with John, Linda and the kids at Dickeys, a BBQ place. It was delicious.  We got the family pack which was two different kinds of meat and three sides.  It was served family style.  We will have to eat there again when we are back this way.  Now we are relaxing outside.  It has cooled down and we shut off the air conditioner.  It should be a good night to sleep.