Everytime we visit Denver, development moves further west.
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Pretty House
The (in)famous Casa Bonita was the site of our evening repast today, but not just ours. We had arranged for a mini Calvary Reunion of sorts, and met up with our former intern Calob and his wife Sarah, and Nancy and her nephew Jared.
Casa Bonita is more than just a restaurant, it’s an experience. There’s cliff diving (with torches, too!),
puppet shows, piñata busting, and other entertainments, along with an arcade with skee ball, video games, etc.
We spent more than three hours there in all, and enjoyed hearing about Nancy’s vacation and Calob’s and Sarah’s new arrangements in Colorado. -
Plane Old Museum
A visit to Wings Over the Rockies was part of our day today.
It’s a very cool museum at the old site of Lowry Air Force Base. We got to see many, many aircraft, both military
and civilian
but the highlight (for some) was an X-Wing fighter from Star Wars
with R2D2 on the back
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By the way…
While our main goal on this trip is to have fun and see many amazing wonders, which we certainly have been doing, we had a few personal guidelines to help us make decisions along the way:
1. No fast food – Subway is allowed but we haven’t been there yet and Dairy Queen is allowed for ice cream only. Unfortunately some of the food at tourist places like Niagara was not much better than fast food – we have been having lots of picnics. So far, so good.
2. No Wal-Mart – we were directed to Wal-mart when we asked about the nearest grocery store – but we declined and waited for a better opportunity. So far, so good.
3. Return in better shape than when we left (parents mostly) – no great progress to report on this one, but we are plenty active when we get out of the car, so I think we are holding steady. There will be more hiking in the 2nd part of the trip.
Just a little insight into the strange workings of our minds.
More about our fun day at the Rockies game in another post!!!
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The Rockies!
No; this isn’t a duplicate post. Grampa bought us all tickets to an afternoon Rockies game against the Nationals.
It was a bright sunny afternoon, and 97º, but our seats were in the shade most of the game.
And when the sun finally reached us, we were able to move to empty seats behind us. After the game, we sat briefly in the “Mile High” seats
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Rowell Pool
Normally, Rowell Pool refers to the family football pool, but at this moment, it refers to the neighborhood pool. A refreshing way to celebrate our arrival!
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We Made It!
We have reached our intermediate destination, at Susan’s parents’ house. We will be here for about a week before heading on to further adventures West and South.
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Rockies
First view of the Rocky Mountains!
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A Sterling Break
One of our favorite stops along the way has been Dairy Queen, as there are DQ’s in most towns.
Two hours to go!
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On to Centennial!
This morning, we leave behind Alliance, Nebraska and the Holiday Inn Express there
and the very bumpy land
and the big coal trains
and head to Colorado