Where to begin.... a road trip to red rocks, camping, gluten free slow cookers, dog adventures, blues & brews festival.... so much to catch up on and so little time...
Showing posts with label denver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label denver. Show all posts
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Saturday, October 4, 2008
and the winner is...
We found the new car for campchaos. After hours of online shopping and comparisons we selected a 2007 white Toyota 4Runner. It has lots of space for Chaos & friends (his and ours), comfortable seats for all and can tackle the snow and mountains.
I went to Denver after work on Monday and met with the insurance company and then headed over to the Toyota dealer. I had planned on "just test driving" but everything fell into place (a check from state farm and good financing from the dealer) and ended up finding the right car for us. The conundrum was that I had planned on just testing and booked a round trip rental from Telluride. I called the company to see if I could return it elsewhere and it was possible for a small fee ($450) needless to say I brought the rental home. The Toyota went to live with Sam and Meghan in Summit County. Sam brought it down Thursday and Meghan joined in on Friday for a weekend in telluride. Friday we hit the town with some Telluride friends with a tour of the infamous spots. Beers at the buck, dinner at Fat Alley then a trip to play silly games at o'bannon's. The boys made plans to ski today with Jim and Jared up on Imogene Pass. Late night plans never go as planned and today the boys got a late start without Jared. They made a few hikes up for their turns the we all regrouped for pizza at Jim's this evening. We have become quite the dog house and picked up Mako for the night along with Chaos, Kaya and 7 month old Echo. They do well together and are learning each other's quirks.
I went to Denver after work on Monday and met with the insurance company and then headed over to the Toyota dealer. I had planned on "just test driving" but everything fell into place (a check from state farm and good financing from the dealer) and ended up finding the right car for us. The conundrum was that I had planned on just testing and booked a round trip rental from Telluride. I called the company to see if I could return it elsewhere and it was possible for a small fee ($450) needless to say I brought the rental home. The Toyota went to live with Sam and Meghan in Summit County. Sam brought it down Thursday and Meghan joined in on Friday for a weekend in telluride. Friday we hit the town with some Telluride friends with a tour of the infamous spots. Beers at the buck, dinner at Fat Alley then a trip to play silly games at o'bannon's. The boys made plans to ski today with Jim and Jared up on Imogene Pass. Late night plans never go as planned and today the boys got a late start without Jared. They made a few hikes up for their turns the we all regrouped for pizza at Jim's this evening. We have become quite the dog house and picked up Mako for the night along with Chaos, Kaya and 7 month old Echo. They do well together and are learning each other's quirks.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
denver
ah the big city.... thought you all might like to know some fun facts (and observations) about the mile high city....
Denver....
....80 different beers are brewed here
....has 300 days of sunshine
...10th largest downtown in the US
...Colfax Ave is over 30 miles long and home to a marathon
...2.4 million people live in the Denver metro area (maine has 1.2 million in the whole state)
Things I like best about going to Denver...
...seeing the real world denver house
...relearning downtown after 7 years
...finding some things are the same and still there
...navigation- the mts are west the big empty is Kansas and the streets are numbered in order
...California Pizza Kitchen, Yia Yias & PF Changs (all less expensive then eating in Telluride)
...finding parking spots so I don't have to parallel park
...having an 8 screen theatre 5 miles from my hotel
...malls- not that I love them but fun to remember why I don't
...watching cheesey chick flicks on a monster screen (I haven't seen many new movies but enjoyed the land of women with meg ryan)
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