Raining today on our way to Denver. We stopped a few times to take happy snaps up in the freezing cold snow. It is quite a high pass to get to Denver from Edwards – about 10, 500 feet or so. A quick stop at a Loaf’n’Jug servo and we nearly left Will behind (intentionally of course hehe). We went through the Eisenhower tunnel and then came out in almost completely different weather – blinding sunshine! After dropping Jacki’s friend off at the airport, we checked into a hotel for the first time in weeks! Poor Betsey was left behind in Edwards – bet she loved the break! Jacki helped us use a website called ‘Priceline’ (not the awesome shop in Oz!) where you bid on hotel rooms or flights. You name a price for a hotel and they either sell it to you or tell you put in a higher bid. So we got the Courtyard Marriot for $50! Bargain! Jacki, sneakily, even got us a window room. That damn claustrophobia again. A legendary tactic which I will have to remember!
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| One of the cold stops on the way to Denver! |
We had lunch at an AWESOME all you can eat Peruvian restaurant. $9 each, but less with the $25 voucher Jacki paid $10 for online J Amazing food and I don’t even know what half of it was! So so full. There were salads, meat dishes, rice dishes and quinoa. We rolled out of there after absolutely stuffing ourselves!
Then we walked (or waddled) through town, up through the mall, looked at shops, admired all kinds of amazing items, but were good and resisted buying! It was so so cold, so it was nice to take refuge in some warm shops!
Nap at the hotel, then time to go try the Vanilla Porter I had been reading about from Breckenridge Brewery, just near the Coors Field stadium thing (Baseball). There we proceeded to sample most of the list of beers. At $3 a pint, Will and I really didn’t care! A basket of sweet potato fries and a plate of chicken tenders later and suddenly we were caught up in a fierce game of trivia. Our confidence was up after answering the first three questions correctly, but it was all downhill from there! (The first question related to Ancient Egypt and what was their drink of choice – so I did learn something from teaching this subject for two years – beer!). Mainly baseball and American ‘craft’ (boutique) beer questions, so naturally Will and I couldn’t answer any of them. The only baseball player I’ve heard of is Joe DiMaggio and that’s only because he married Marilyn Monroe! Jacki was our saving grace, but it just wasn’t enough in a competition full of cheating, iPhone tapping Americans. Nevertheless the trivia man gave us all free hugs at the end and told us we came third last of a pack of about twenty. Bearing in mind that some groups just left!! Another highlight at this brewery were the free samples of beer in brandy glasses and the Breckinridge bottle-opener key rings!! A fun night. J
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