Thursday, September 13th: More Powell People Visit ~ Welcome Mom & Dad!!!!
Friday, September 14th: I had to go to work today, so Mom & Dad drove around a bit and got familiar with the local area.
Saturday, September 15: We went into Estes Park today ~ I just can't get enough of Rocky Mountain National Park!! The scenery and the animals just continue to be spectacular!! Note most of these pictures are Mom's ~ great pics, Mom!
There weren't too many elk out today, but we did see a few in Morraine Park.
Mom wanted to go Moose Scouting, so we drove over the Trail Ridge Road to Grand Lake.
Along the way (our first stop actually) we saw this moose! Do I know how to find them or what :) This moose was right off the road ~ we had to walk about 20 steps through the parking lot...
We walked along a few other short trails in hopes to see a bull moose, but we just saw some nice scenery.
Sunday, September 16th: We had a lazy morning and were watching the hot air balloons from the deck. There were about 5 out this morning, and we kept watching and they kept getting closer and closer and closer. A few flew right over the house!! I have never seen them get that close to the house ~ it was quite spectacular to see them that close!! Note that those two trees in the first picture are my trees in the backyard. Then we had a nice bike ride around the lake.
Monday, September 17th: Happy Birthday, Papa!! We drove out to Golden and did the Coors Brewery Tour. I still can't believe the size of thier "tasters"!! Then we went to Bass Outdoor World and this was the HUGEST store with so many mounted animals everywhere! Don't worry Dad ~ I won't post the picture with you in your new waders and that cool hat Mom made you wear :) After that, we had a great birthday dinner at Pappadeux's ~ good seafood with great views.
Tuesday, September 18th: We went to the Dodger game, I mean ROCKIES GAME!! Ok, the Rockies were playing the Dodgers and it was honestly one of the best baseball games I have ever seen. Rick and Bonnie Bennett came with us and just a great game all-around, and of course the Rockies won in grand style. Coors Field is such a great ballpark. No worries ~ our seats weren't this high up; we just went up to get the picture.
Well Mom & Dad ~ it was great having you guys out (although next time I'll have to put you to work on the house !!) . Come visit again soon :)
A quick update on the Memorial Day weekened: Kim and I went to Red Rocks for a concert (Dirks Bently, Gary Allen, Eric Church) and it was AWESOME!! What a fantastic venue!! The music sounded great and the atmosphere was incredible. They even had Blue Moon (Kim's fave brew) and Fat Tire (my fave local brew) on tap!! It rained a bit but we saw some cool lightening over the city. There was also this huge red moon rising over the city and it was just beautiful! (I couldn't get a good picture, but these are the best I got).
Lacy and I camped about 5 miles from Red Rocks, at Bear Creek Lake Park. It was not my most favorite campground (it was right off the freeway and sites not on the lake and it wasn't very shady) but I rode my bike around the creek and the lake and Lacy just kicked it in the trailer...
Well, until next time!! I am off to Aspen this weekend to hopefully catch some good fall folliage and do some hiking before the winter sets in...
