I managed to snag a very cheap round-trip ticket from Chicago to Denver a couple of weeks ago and this weekend I cashed it in and flew out here on friday to visit Ed and Heather in Colorado.
Friday night we drove to Aurora to see Ed and Heather’s new house being built. It’s the smallest size in there sub-division, but man do they build ’em huge. I suppose small is pretty relative out here. We weren’t able to view the model of their home, but we did walk through their house and it was amazing. Then we had some pizza and Ed took me out for a cruse in his convertable VW Bug just outside of Denver. The climate out here is amazing. Supposedly Denver and San Diego have a debate over which city has the most sunny days out of the year.
Saturday morning we got geared up and headed towards Boulder, which is about 40mins North of their apartment. We walked around some great shopping areas and I fnally got to visit the Into the Wind kite store. It was such a fun store. If Sara has come she would agree that I could’ve lived in this store. They had every fun thing imaginable!!! Then we hiked up a few of the small 6000ish foot peaks in Boulder. These are by no means small. We hiked for about two hours solid. It was awesome. You can view the pictures when I post them soon at Our Photo Page. Side note: It is so freaking dry out here! I mean REALLY DRY. After we were done hiking, in 85 degree heat without breaking a sweat, I wiped my face off and left big white salt marks on my shirt. Gross. It’s really dry, you can drink water by the gallon, go run a mile in the always warm sunny air and never sweat, well, barely anyways.
After the big hike we went through downtown Denver and then headed back to their apartment to get showers to wash off all the salt and dirt. We went and checked out the model home that they are building and it’s very nice inside when finished. Then we headed to Chevy’s mexican restuarant for Ed’s birthday which was today. It was great. Then we chilled for the rest of the evening. And now I’m here typing this up. I’ll continue it later. I’m not sure what we have planned for tomorrow, but my flight is pretty early in the afternoon so we won’t have too much time to do anything over the top.
Well Sunday morning we were pooped and didn’t make it to church so we just decided to sleep in a little bit, get some breakfast, and then drop me off at the airport. It was tough leaving such an amazing place. I really look forward to the return trip.