Last day in Vail

The concert last evening was superb. We took the free bus to the transp. center and walked to the venue, the amphitheatre at Ford Park (Gerald and Betty, that is). We bought a bottle of wine, and included was a bucket of ice and glasses, found our very good seats and settled in the watch the crowd. Many people bring picnics (no alcohol), or buy food at the grill, and make themselves comfortable in their seats or the open grass area above the seating area. We sipped away on our Sauvignon Blanc, having had a snack of deli chicken at home, the weather was perfect, even a little warm. The Philadelphia Orchestra and the six singing artists brought the story of La Boheme alive (aided by a synopsis leaflet passed out to the crowd), and at the tragic death of Mimi at the end, the (lover) tenor's grief was palpable. Oh, yeah, you could say we enjoyed it!
We sought out pizza back in the heart of Vail Village, and again caught the free bus back to our condo, a very successful and satisfying evening.
Today we returned to the golf driving range for more exercise/practice and appreciation of the beauty of the place, as well. The flower beds are in prime showoff, and the mountains in the background still have a small amount of snow remaining.
The weather today is at its best, clear skies, warm sun and a good breeze blowing.


We were totally enthused with our golf practice, maybe we'll put more serious effort into playing sometime this summer?
On Tuesday evening we did what I call a "nostalgia tour", revisiting many of the places we enjoyed back in the days when we skied here, including one particular bar where the drinks are tall and strong..... and then did a NO NO, tried a restaurant that was advertising 30% off all food and wine, one we'd never heard of, it's very new. It was a disaster, so bad that they did not charge us for the food--Colo. lamb in E's case and prime rib in mine. The place is beautiful, but the meat was, even at 30% off, tough and poorly prepared. I suppose we were satisfied that we weren't charged. We've had so much very good food, one bad experience...oh, well. E just read their current ad to me out of the newspaper, and I wouldn't recognize anything about the description except the "elegant ambiance" part!
Somewhere during the evening I lost my favorite lipstick, so today after our golf outing we went back to Walmart. They'd restocked a little on the power bait, and guys, they had rainbow for $3.84, compared to $7 something in L.C.!!
So much for this vacation within a vacation, we'll eat out again tonight and pack up and leave in the morning. We plan to return on a different route, going south through Leadville on this return (we came up through Fairplay, Breckenridge, west to Vail, a faster route). It's been a good week.