October 23, 2004
Vacation Act 1 Scene 2
At the rate I'm posting the summer vacation pictures, I won't be done before the next one. Anyway, we crammed a lot into our first full day in Colorado. First, we went to the Denver Botanic Gardens in the morning. Then we went to Casa Bonita for lunch. The pictures from there didn't turn out, but it's a giant (and I don't throw that term around loosely) Mexican restaurant complete with game room, gift shop, and cliff divers. To walk off lunch, we visited Red Rocks state park outside Denver. After the park, we went and visited the Drews at their house in Boulder. They fixed us a mighty fine dinner and it was nice to meet Christina and catch up with Carl again. On vacation, you cram it in until you're exhausted, then you get up and do it again the next day, and the next day, until finally you get home and go back to work so you can rest up.
Yes, this is the location of Red Rocks Ampitheatre:
The rocks were a lot bigger in person:
We hiked down the hill in front of the rocks, and then back up the hill behind the rocks. The trail was only supposed to be a couple of miles, but there was no end in sight of the rocks as we were going down the hill, and we knew we couldn't be more than half way there until we circled behind and started back up the hill. It must have been the thin air and thick lunch:
Thankfully, the day was sort of overcast, or it would have been really hot that day. The rocks sure were impressive:
The Murphy Women are lookin' good through it all:
The trail at last came to an end, and so too do the pictures. I hope you aren't as tired at the end as we were, but the cold sodas on the back patio were delightful.
