Adenverture

A Denver adventure... get it? AJ and I went to Denver and it was SO. FUN. It was my first time and it didn't disappoint. It was a great time to go because things were very festive for the upcoming holidays and there was already lots of snow, and it even snowed while we were there!

I have to say that I adjusted faster than I realized to being back in California and no significant cold... I turned back into a delicate flower and even though I brought my warmest clothes that survived the East Coast move, I was still struggling at times. Mainly my fingertips were freezing and weren't used to that cold, even though I wore fingerless gloves in the NYC winters all the time.

Our flight out was delayed, so we didn't get in until about midnight, so we didn't go out on the town as originally planned but instead went back to AJ's friends place where we were staying and played pool and drank there. There were some adorable kitties in the house, and the one even LOVED her little cat tree and used it regularly. She even sat in the little bowl. Kitty soup!

In the morning we left first thing to head up into the Rockies. The friends were going to go snowmobiling and AJ and I were going to hang out in Breckenridge. It was snowing and the traffic was massive, so we had a change of plans that included all of us going to Breckenridge (SUCH A CUTE TOWN) for lunch, then taking the friends to Copper Mountain for their snowmobiling, and AJ took me over to Vail.

Downtown Denver

Long ride up the mountain

Blurry Copper Mountain

We went out to eat at the Dam Brewery and had beer cheese soup and I had a maple bourbon trout still on the skin. We stayed at a condo that night in Silverthorne, rented a movie, AJ made a fire, we had supplies for 7&7's but I fell asleep pretty immediately.

The next morning was BEAUTIFUL because it was no longer snowing and the sun was out!

We headed back down the mountain and went back to home base to relax and change before going to the Broncos/Raiders game!! AJ's friend works at an internet/cable company and he actually helped one of the Broncos players (#40) who in turn gave him 4 free tickets to the game in the 8th row!!! They were amazing seats and it was SO much fun, and Broncos stadium was fabulous! Big and beautiful and what a vibe! Such a following and the entire stadium was orange and going crazy.

AJ wanted to wear this bandanna to cover his ears and I told him NO WAY because he would look like a Raiders fan and I demonstrated to him what other people would be seeing when they saw him with that on

After the game we went for a fancy schmancy dinner at the fondue restaurant The Melting Pot. It was INCREDIBLE. We had the four-course meal of salads, the beer based cheese fondue with veggies and bread, meat platters in the hot pot with 6 different kinds of sauces, and chocolate fondue for dipping rice krispie treats, fruit, brownies, cookies, cheesecake, pound cake, and graham cracker-encrusted marshmallows. UNREAL.

And then of course we had to go home, but there was a photo op at the airport.

Our Frontier plane was hosted by Sammy the Squirrel, and we now have travel vouchers to make up for the delayed flight on the way out. I want to go back to the Christmastime snow!!