Touched down back in IAH around 11:30AM this morning...after riding FIRST CLASS...for the first time EVER!!!
The fam and I traveled up to Denver, Colorado on Tuesday Morning. We've been tossing around the idea of moving up north somewhere and set our eyes on Colorado...you know...someplace up North but not too far up North. Colorado seemed the perfect choice...thus the reason for our little jaunt up there these last few days.
We started the vacation by visiting the number one family entertainment restaurant in Colorado...recommended by everyone we talked with...CASA BONITA. Think of Panchos on Steroids...I'm talking hidden alcoves...10 ft deep pool...with a running waterfall, cliff divers, fire jugglers, live entertainment, mariachi singers and good sopapillas.
Next day we traveled to Colorado Springs and stopped by to tour the Air Force Academy. Very cool. For those of you who don't know...Boogie is thinking about attending the academy when he graduates high school. The drive there was simply brilliant!!! Who knew mountains and valleys could be so exciting...and beautiful homes along the way, sprinkled here and there were just great to look at and wonder if one day that might be us up on the mountain side.
After that we traveled to Manitou to see the Ghost Town Museum and then took a drive up to Pikes Peak...a two hour steep, breathtaking, unbelievable trek up a very very very very very tall mountain.
The next day we headed over to Golden to see Buffalo Bill's grave and his museum...which by the way...was nestled atop Lookout Mountain...another steep mountain drive. Once at the top we ventured into the souvenir shop and purchased some great fudge...then visited and read about Buffalo Bill and his life...very cool.
Friday led us back over to Golden to spend some time at Heritage Park to ride Ferris Wheels, Go-Karts, Bumper Boats, Roller Coasters, Paddle-Boats, and slide down the steep Alpine Slide.
After that we headed over to Boulder to visit Pearl Street outdoor mall... full of hippies, yuppies, bums, college students and gays. It was SO my scene!!! I loved it. We were going to visit the University of Colorado while there since that is where Amanda-Jayne will eventually finish her schooling...however by this time everyone was wore out so we headed back over to the hotel and called it a night so that we could get up at 03:00 on Saturday morning to be ready to leave by 04:00 to catch the first flight out...which we didn't make because it was overbooked.
We had a really great time. It was our first official family vacation. The weather there was absolutely brilliant...a high of 95 felt like 80 - 85 degrees...no humidity and cool breezes all the time...with temperatures dropping down to the 60's and 50's every night...it was wonderful!!! I've fallen in love...his name is Colorado...I definitely want to take the stagecoach and family up to the mountains.
...with a
careless memory
jake...woooooooooooooooooooossshhh!!!
