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Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Colorado!

Those of you who guessed Colorado were correct. We're in Rocky Mountain National Park, or rather in Estes Park, just outside the park. The photo yesterday was taken at Emerald Lake, and the hike to get there involved picking our way carefully over lots of snow (I wasn't so careful once and slid all the way down a section of the trail on my rear end--which stayed embarrassingly wet the rest of the hike!)

It is incredibly beautiful here. Here are a couple more photos:

That's my daughter E. relaxing on the shore of Bear Lake. Here's another taken from the same lake:

I'd like to bring this around to food, but I'm afraid I haven't been cooking--unless you count the guacamole I improvised to serve with tonight's Garden Burgers. We've had great luck finding vegan food at restaurants, so we've dined out every night but tonight. In Selina, Kansas, we ate at a Mexican restaurant, lured by a billboard that mentioned vegetarian dishes. We were amazed to find one of the dishes on the menu was vegan--and full of fresh vegetables--while the other dishes were easily veganized. Here in Estes Park, we ate Hummus Pizza one night, an interesting concept that didn't taste as good as I'd hoped, and had wonderful Indian food another night. It hasn't been fat-free, of course, but when traveling, I'm happy to find anything vegan!

Tomorrow we're headed to the western side of the state to visit the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. We won't have wireless internet in the remote cottage where we're staying, so I don't think I'll be able to post until we're on the way back.

Oh, there were some questions I wanted to answer: Danielle, I used a packaged cheesy sauce this time, but if you check Recipes Index, I've got a couple of recipes in the Sauces section that I really like.

Freedom, I tried to answer your question about the marinated peppers, but my computer picked that moment to crash. I think that they would be fine--just maybe use a little less than you would of the roasted red peppers. Try tasting as you add them.

Take care, everybody! I'll be back soon.

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11 Comments:

Blogger lindyloo said...

Gah! You probably won't get this in time, but if you *do*, you should swing over to Annie's Cafe and Bakery in Nederland--I haven't been there in years, but it was one of the hilights of my cross-country camping trip a while back. Fantastic vegan and vegetarian food, and some of the most hearty and drooly-good breakfasts you'll have for a long time. And the place is very cute and cabin-esque. You can read some details here:

Annie's Cafe and Bakery

(They don't seem to have a website, though I'm pretty certain they used to once upon a time.)

6:33 AM, June 07, 2006  
Blogger Alanna said...

My family came ** this ** close to moving to Estes Park and I hiked two summers straight in Gunnison - it's glorious. Enjoy!!

8:04 AM, June 07, 2006  
Anonymous Mary said...

Hey-
I'm not a blogger (though I am vegan!), but when I saw this post I couln't resist commenting. First of all, yours is my favorite food blog. I love vegan foods and cooking and all your recipes are awsome.
But the reason I couldn't resist: I just got back from a 2 week trip from CO (during which I made your asparagus w/ roasted garlic sauce 4 times... taking them to two carniverous BBQs where everyone loved it and once stuffing Bryanna's Tofu Crepes with them, which was wonderful)! My 2 nephews, half brother, and sister-in-law live there and I'm totally in love w/ the place. A WONDERFUL restaraunt is Cafe Prasad (www.bouldercoop.com), but that's about an hour away from you :( But I just couldn't resist commenting. Thanks!

8:10 AM, June 07, 2006  
Blogger kaivegan said...

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My blog got hijacked yesterday. (How, I don't know.) Please delete that from your list or you could change it to

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where a new blog is housed.

Thanks and apologies for the inconvenience.

12:14 PM, June 07, 2006  
Anonymous Miriam said...

Ooh, I'm so jealous. That looks like a perfect vacation. And with vegan food, too! Have fun!

12:16 PM, June 07, 2006  
Blogger kaivegan said...

Beautiful photos, Susan. Thanks for sharing.

Glad to hear you're able to find vegan food everywhere.

12:16 PM, June 07, 2006  
Blogger Brooke said...

That is so not fair...posting nice cool looking pictures, with green stuff and mountain-ny things! Here in AZ it is brown, dry and hot. I don't think I left my air-conditioned house today. Blechhhhh.

-Brooke

1:20 AM, June 08, 2006  
Blogger Freedom said...

Hi Susan, thanks for answering my question. However, the shop let me return my marinated peppers and get some roasted ones - I only got them today so I will be making the dip VERY soon!
Enjoy your trip - the area looks stunning!

5:37 AM, June 08, 2006  
Blogger karina said...

Wow! Gorgeous! We used to live just south of Estes Park and hiked in Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park quite often. Enjoy every minute!

Just wanted to say a quick hola from Santa Fe and tell you I've missed visiting [and blogging], but hope to be back in full swing soon.

Happy June!

2:51 PM, June 08, 2006  
Anonymous Cindy said...

You are proof positive that you can travel and eat vegan. Even in the middle of Kansas, which is amazing. It just talks a lot of asking the right questions.

11:48 AM, June 09, 2006  
Blogger funwithyourfood said...

well I had NO idea. Colorado sure is beautiful though.

Teddy

8:37 PM, June 09, 2006  

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