Vail Golf Course

One of my favorite things about living in Vail is the golf! Colorado is home to some of the country’s most beautiful and challenging courses.  Set against the backdrop of the Rockies, our local courses offer unparalleled vistas to go along with fastidiously manicured greens.  Summertime is all about the outdoors, and there is no better way to enjoy a “Colorado Bluebird” day than hitting the links with some buddies.  As a resident of Vail Valley, I love having access to so many courses that offer me such a variety of terrain.

The Vail Golf Club is one of my favorites!  It is right here in town, and it is considerably flatter than the area’s other courses.  It still offers a great challenge, though, with lots of fairway bunkers and beaver ponds lining the course.  The Vail Club has a course rating of 70.8 and a slope rating of 121, making it one of the “easier” courses in Vail Valley, but my score card usually doesn’t reflect that.

Eagle-Vail has a great public course too.  Located just west of Vail, this course is very convenient and very competitively priced.  The course plays longer than its 6836 yards because of the elevation changes.  The ups and downs make for a great challenge, and offer the possibility of setting a new personal best for your longest drive.  The ball really sails in this thin mountain air!

The Eagle Ranch course is great too, even though it always keeps my ego in check. With a course rating of 74.8 and a slope rating of 141, this is one of the toughest courses you will ever play!  It is an Arnold Palmer Signature design course, so you know you will get every penny’s worth of your reasonable ($95) greens fees.

This winter was absolutely amazing, but I am ready for golf season!  Maybe I will see you out there, or perhaps participating in one of the other many great activities offered in Vail during the summer.

The Kingdom of Breckenridge, this was the nickname the locals gave the town of Breckenridge since they were technically off the map. The town of Breckenridge was founded as a mining town in 1859 but was accidentally left off official US maps until 1936. To celebrate that famous mistake and nickname there is the Kingdom Days festival June 17th-19th. This weekend we celebrate the rich heritage that was Breckenridge before the fantastic skiing and snowmobiling, gold mining and the search for wealth.

There are wonderful activities for kids and adults alike! For instance have you ever seen an outhouse fly like the wind? The infamous outhouse races that were once featured on MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” are hilarious to watch and a lot of fun to participate in. The outhouses are made with cardboard or plastic and have one person riding inside with a helmet on. Free to attend with lots of potential for a good time.

If you would like to learn more about the history of Breckenridge this is a great weekend to learn! Historic tours and other attractions are free for the weekend thanks to the Breckenridge Heritage Alliance. These tours are fun and educational and give a great look into the wild west history of the miners lives and struggles to seek the ever precious metal. The largest gold nugget ever found was actually right here in Breckenridge at 13.5 pounds.

Kingdom Days are a great way to kick off the summer. Lodging rates are a steal and the weekend promises fun for the whole family without breaking the bank of a big vacation. There are great deals are all over town from dining to shopping. Everyone will have a great time and might accidentally learn a few things too!

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The 29th annual Food and Wine Classic in Aspen will be June 17-19 2011.  This is THE Aspen event to attend; whether you are the supreme foodie in your circle of friends, or you enjoy good company and divine food and drink it’s not to be missed.  Attendees come from all over the country; I will be attending from Vail, Colorado- another culinary hub. Now I cannot say that I am a supreme foodie, but I would like to think that I still know good food.  This is my first time at food and wine and there are a lot of things to consider.  The first and most obvious is where to stay?

Aspen, Colorado Vacation Rentals: Hotels are always a great choice but I am coming with a group of friends and we have not seen each other in a long time.  We want to be able to spend time together and not just hole up in a hotel room at the end of the day. Condos and homes are the answer to the hotel. You will have most comforts of home available and allows my group to be together even after the grills shut down and the wine stops pouring.  I spent time sifting thru several condo and home options and finally found a condo in Snowmass that fit our needs.  Now I know it’s not in Aspen but there is a free bus and we are an easy going group and this works fine for us- it also helps save some money.  Finding a vacation rental that works for you takes time and effort. Rocky Mountain Vacation Rentals is a locally based service that can customize your lodging for any family or group looking to make the trip to Aspen for the Food and Wine Classic, but hurry lodging is booking NOW.

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