Cue Queen

I believe this is the first time I have ever completed a whole month of NaBloPoMo. I think I’ve lost most of my readers, who wonder where my children have gone. Certainly not on any of these trips.

For my final travel plan of November 2009, a trip to Colorado, to a family resort. We’ve talked about meeting friends “half-way,” if you can put Colorado half-way between Wisconsin and California. Initially we discussed driving, but goodness gracious, that’s far. I want mountains, tall and soaring mountains. Family friendly. Not an emphasis on horses.

I read about Tyler Place, but that’s in Vermont. It sounds lovely.

Colorado. What about the Colorado Chautauqua National Historic Landmark? Cabins in the mountain. Interestingly, Chautauqua has wi-fi internet but no TV or a/c.

First, we have to get there:

F91029 Frontier Airlines Inc.
Milwaukee WI (MKE) Wed, Jun 23, 06:00 AM
Denver CO (DEN) Wed, Jun 23, 07:37 AM

F90370 Frontier Airlines Inc.
Denver CO (DEN) Tue, Jun 29, 11:15 AM
Milwaukee WI (MKE) Tue, Jun 29, 02:28 PM

FARE
Base: $188.84
Tax: $33.86
Total: $222.70
x  5
= $1,113.50

I’d upgrade to Classic for the extra $125 for the 5 tickets. It is worth it for the Classic Fare Benefits:
Advance Seat Assignment
First Checked Bag: INCLUDED (normally $20)
Second Checked Bag: INCLUDED (normally $30)
DIRECTV: INCLUDED

And then for a place to stay. Chautauqua sounds interesting. But it is on the edge of Boulder. I can see the pluses and minuses of being by a town that I’ll bet will remind me of Madison. (Except I remember someone once told me that is if far less hilly than Madison. Irony.)

I think we’d want to have two units, one for us and one for our friends. But a duplex would be convenient.

“Cottage 214, a duplex dating from the 1930s, was moved from central Boulder to the former site of the Bachelder barn in 1955. Cottage 214 is one of the few two-bedroom cottages with two baths.

AMENITIES INCLUDE: 785 Square Feet, Kitchen, 2 Bedrooms: 1 Queen Bed each, 1 Full Fold-out Sleeper Sofa in Living Room, 2 Baths, Duplex with Cottage 212
2010 Rate: $191 – $211 per night”

and

Cottage 212, the duplex half, is identical.

This trip is planned for summer…but Colorado has many winter activities.  Could I average it to $200 a night?

If we stayed at Chautauqua for 6 nights, it would cost $1200 for each cottage. I believe tax was 10%, so another $120.

For total of $1113.50 + $1320 = $2431.50

And there I go, 29 trips I’d like to take. Now back to my regularly scheduled family updates.