Colorado Lovin'

Colorado is my favorite place to visit in the summer. There's this amazing thing known as "no humidity." The great state of Texas should try this out every blue moon. We had a great time visiting family and celebrating Granny's 80th birthday. How lucky am I that I have in-laws in Denver?


Top Things

1) I rode in a hot air balloon. Look at that face!
























































What a cool experience! I had no idea that so many things were involved in a balloon ride. We had trouble landing because the park rangers wouldn't let us land in an "open space" because you can't have open flames in Boulder. So then the balloon chasers in the van had to run over and ask permission from the farmers who owned the land. It was such a chase, literally.... We watched the park rangers chase farmers down in their jeeps. It was so cool. I wasn't scared until later when the balloon operator (no idea what their official title is) said "yah we were running low on gas." EEk! Glad we made it safely to the ground.


2) I tried fried alligator! And guess what, it tasted just like.....chicken! Why is it that every foreign thing tastes like chicken?
No picture:( But you could very well recreate this moment by attending Pappadeaux's for dinner.



3) Alpine slides are amazing! I had no idea what everyone was talking about. I figured it would be one of those silver hot slides that you burn your butt on. But no butt burnage here my friends. This was way cooler. You take a ski lift up to the top of the mountain, and you get a sled-like thing that has a gear shift which is your brake and gas pedal. You park your butt on the sled-thingy and head down the mountain on a slide that's built into the cliff. It's kinda like a water ride when your on an inner tube but no water and no inner tube. So I guess that's a bad example if nothing is the same.

Confused yet?

I laughed/screamed the whole way down. It was a hoot!
































Wheeee!!!!!!!





4) Attended a Rockies baseball game at Coors' Field. I watched the longest 1st inning ever known to man. But I was content and patient. Go me!












5) I got a picture of Buffalo Bill's grave site. You are probably thinking one of the following two things, "How cool!" or "Who the heck is Buffalo Bill?"


Exactly...I got a snapshot just in case my kids do a school report on Buffalo Bill one day. Do we learn about him in history? I think I must have slept through this part.









Denver was great. The weather was phenomenal. I wore my sweater at night:) It was fun hanging out with Randy's family and seeing Granny so excited. I told her if we'd charge her for all the smiles over the weekend, I'd be a millionaire. Turning 80 is a big deal, and she went all out celebrating. I love Granny, and I'm glad I got to be a part of the celebrating.