L started summer workouts with the high school football team and has really enjoyed getting to meet some of his new classmates. Along the way he has made some new friends.
The big thing, no, the HUGE thing we did was all five of us flew out to Denver for Kerri's sister's wedding. Stephanie married Dave. On top of a mountain. At sunset. It was beautiful.
Mike got to walk the mother of the bride to her seat and Kerri sang (Surprise!!) during the seating of the family and while the wedding party came in.
We flew into Denver International on a Wednesday. Our first mission was lunch at Sam's #3 in Glendale. If you ever go to Denver, you MUST eat there. It is a sort of a deli/Mexican/breakfast food place that gives HUGE portions for a VERY reasonable price. We ate there three times during the week we were there. (Thanks for the tip Michael!)
As we were leaving lunch and on our way to the hotel, an accident happened near the restaurant about a minute before we got to that intersection and emergency responders closed the road. Our GPS didn't really know what to do next and so, what should have been a 15 minute ride, took about an hour as we rode all over the place.
Ugh!
Thursday we went to Roxborough Canyon State Park just south of Denver. As the pictures show, it is a beautiful spot and we had a nice time walking the 2+ mile loop through the canyon.
This rock outcropping is called the Washington rock. Can you tell why? (Hint: take out a quarter)
Friday we went to the Buffalo Bill Museum and Gravesite in Golden, Colo. (pretty cool, actually) and then we took the highest paved road in North America to the top of Mount Evans at 14,100 feet. Mike, Kerri and L hiked the remaining 100 feet to the summit.
And, of course, the obligatory selfie...
During the 28 mile ride to the top, the temperature dropped about 40° from 76° to 39°. Add to that a steady wind of about 20 mph and the "feels like" temperature was about 29°. Wow!!
On Saturday we went to Winter Springs, Colo. and rode an alpine slide as many times as we could during the four hours we were there.
If you don't know, an alpine slide is a concrete half-pipe running down the side of a mountain. You get on a cart with no helmet or seat belt and just a brake and see how fast you can go down the mountain.
The slide in Winter Springs is the longest in Colorado and is over 3000 feet long and drops 610 feet along the way. The top speed for the season so far when we were there was 37 mph. Yes, that's you, in a cart, with no safety equipment, hurtling down a hill at 30+ mph.
Accidents happen. And they did.
We are pleased to announce that Mike and Sean were the only members of the family that did NOT bust it while going down the slide! The bruise on Kerri's arm nicely complemented the color of her dress for the wedding on Monday night.
The following Tuesday we went with family to the Denver Zoo. We are sure it is a nice place to go but by this time we were about worn out from our adventures.
When we got home we found that one of our kitties, the oldest (Hannah - 11) had disappeared and was, presumably, killed by a coyote. So, we now have two new kittens, Biscuit and Pepper.
To round out the month, L got braces yesterday!
Pray for us. We need it!! :o)
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