I love surprising my husband with a week(end) trip for his birthday every year. He loves camping and we don’t get out camping as often as he would like, so if I can pull off a surprise camping weekend for my hubby, you know it’s going to happen!

It has been years since I’ve been out to Steamboat. Growing up, I had a few soccer tournaments in Steamboat but Steve had never been.

It was a perfect combo - somewhere he’s never been PLUS a camping weekend. Here is everything we did, including where we camped and the restaurants/breweries we checked out

THe Campsite

Meadows Campground in Routt National Forest

Reservations can be made here on recreation.gov.

I personally like campsites where you can book in advance - less stress of driving around hoping there are first come/first available sites - and ones that have designated toilets.

This site was perfect for us with it being reservable and roughly 30 minutes into Steamboat.

in town recommendations

Storm Peak Brewery

One of my favorite things to do is go to a brewery on a hot summer day. And with it being Steve’s birthday, you know we found one. It was actually really perfect too as the brewery was also celebrating their birthday with a limited release Birthday Cake beer that we couldn’t get enough of. We will be visiting this brewery every time we are in Steamboat going forward!

Steamboat Meat & Seafood Co.

Located close to the river and near some great local shops, this butcher shop is great for fresh made sandwiches, prime cuts of meat, and name the type of seafood you want. We stopped in here to grab sub sandwiches that we took with us to Storm Peak Brewery.

the hike to do

If you are looking for a super scenic hike, look no further than Fish Creek Falls! This hike can be sort (less than 1 mile) or up to 5 miles if you want to hike to the top of the falls.

Read my full hike review for this hike here!