It's official - we like Denver. Not as much as we heart Ventura of course, but Denver is pretty cool and we've had a great time here! We'll probably be back someday to check it out in further detail. Until then, here's what we've got:
Oh yeah, first, here is a little taste of our drive from Iowa to Nebraska, in case you were really jonesing for some photographic evidence. This was taken before we got to the infinite flatness that is Nebraska.We don't have any photos of our first night in Denver, but we went to a Mexican restaurant called Rio Grande for dinner (and tequila shots, of course), then wound up at the hotel bar. I had my first dirty vodka martini (my new drink of choice!!) and we had fun chatting with some locals and the bartender while watching baseball highlights. It was a great night!
Today, we started out with bagels at Einstein's, and then wandered down the 16th St. mall until we caught a glimpse of the state capitol building off in the distance, and we decided to make the trek to check it out.
Aaron had never been to any capitol building and I've only been to California's. They're pretty similar in design - lots of marble and stairs, with a big rotunda in the middle. We checked out the Congress rooms which were pretty cool, and just wandered around. Hooray for democracy!
A furry woodland creature carrying his lunch outside the capitol building.
Our first choice of what to do this afternoon was to visit the Coors brewery, but they don't do tours on Wednesday! Second choice was an old-fashioned candy factory, but it was a really short tour, so we opted to drive up to Fort Collins to check out the New Belgium brewery. It turned out to be probably the best choice we could have made. We got to try six different types of beer for freebies, and those who know me know I do love my beer oh so very much! And Aaron and I are particular fans of New Belgium.
Pretty cool beer bottle light fixture!
In front: Sunshine, in back: Dandelion. Both were YUM! I have to find out if they sell them in CA.
On the way back from the brewery the clouds were doing some very cool things!
Today, we started out with bagels at Einstein's, and then wandered down the 16th St. mall until we caught a glimpse of the state capitol building off in the distance, and we decided to make the trek to check it out. 
Aaron had never been to any capitol building and I've only been to California's. They're pretty similar in design - lots of marble and stairs, with a big rotunda in the middle. We checked out the Congress rooms which were pretty cool, and just wandered around. Hooray for democracy!
A furry woodland creature carrying his lunch outside the capitol building.
Our first choice of what to do this afternoon was to visit the Coors brewery, but they don't do tours on Wednesday! Second choice was an old-fashioned candy factory, but it was a really short tour, so we opted to drive up to Fort Collins to check out the New Belgium brewery. It turned out to be probably the best choice we could have made. We got to try six different types of beer for freebies, and those who know me know I do love my beer oh so very much! And Aaron and I are particular fans of New Belgium.
Pretty cool beer bottle light fixture!
In front: Sunshine, in back: Dandelion. Both were YUM! I have to find out if they sell them in CA.
On the way back from the brewery the clouds were doing some very cool things!After drinking, we went to Sushi Den for dinner on some friends' recommendation, and it was... well, average. But, it was sushi, and we like that! Tonight we're staying in, watching the boob tube and going to bed early. We have to get up early tomorrow because we have a long drive (over 8 hours) to get to Zion.
Good night!
2 comments:
MMM, beer!
The popular Weeping Rock Trail in Zion National Park was closed Wednesday, September 2, due to a rockslide that covered a 50 foot section of the trail.
hope this doesn't affect you.
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