Jeff had a conference out there, so he went out on Thursday and then I flew out on Friday. I got there about 5pm Denver time. We went into downtown and had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe which is on the 16th Street Mall ( a very cool pedestrian only street with shops and restaurants right in the middle of downtown) After dinner we walked the street a bit and then we headed to "d bar desserts" (http://www.dbardesserts.com/) The owner Keegan Gerhard is the former host of the show "Food Network Challenge". He was there, however I didn't get a picture of him. Nobody else was making a big deal out of it, so I didn't want to be "that" person. Anyway, we had to wait about 40 minutes to be seated, but it was SO worth it. It was delish!! Check out our desserts...
Saturday, Jeff had to go to a few more sessions, so I was able to head out and do some shopping. About 5 minutes from our hotel, which was right out side of Denver was, "The Container Store". TCS carries every organizational tool, caddy, or whatnot that you could possibly ever need! I love just taking my time looking at every single thing! I was then also able to go in my first ever, "Super" Target. Another amazing store! Why don't we have one of those?
Saturday Evening we drove to Boulder and we went to dinner at a restaurant that was recommended to Jeff by two separate people at his conference. Flagstaff House Restaurant sits on the mountainside and overlooks the city of Boulder. We sat right by the glass wall that overlooked the mountains and city. It was absolutely beautiful. The food... oh. my. word! It was excellent! I got the Filet and Jeff got Duck. They brought us appetizers "compliments of the chef", a palette cleansing grapefruit sorbet, and also a dessert sample plate "compliments of the chef" and then even a mini loaf of blueberry bread to enjoy the next day! This place was high class all the way!!!
Sunday was our sight-seeing day. I told Jeff I would go for a hike with him. He picked out a hike for us to do that was in Rocky Mountain National Park. Our 2 - 3 mile hike ended up being 6+. Jeff blames National Geographic for incorrect mileage labeling on their map... but... I'm not quite convinced he didn't know better! : ) The first part was great, beautiful sights, not too rough terrain and I was feeling pretty good. However the end was not great. I was ready to be done, I kept loosing my footing on the rocky and rooty terrain, and I was just done with a capital D. All in all, it was an awesome experience, and I would do it all again just to see the smile and excitement Jeff gets out of doing it. Some pics from the hike...
After the hike we went and grabbed some pizza, and then went back into the park to just drive around and see different areas. During our 30 minute drive we encountered, clouds, sun, rain, a rainbow, snow and about a 20 degree drop in temperature. Craziness! As we were leaving Estes Park (the city right out side the National Park) we encounter some Elk walking IN the street. They were huge! Walking around like they owned a place. We saw a road sign when we entered the city, that I now wish I had taken a picture of "Watch out for Animals on ALL roads in Estes Park". After our hike we went back to the hotel, showered and then went to dinner at Red Lobster.
Monday morning we got up and went to breakfast at Chic Fil A and then went and enjoyed the hot tub that was out on a deck at the hotel. My legs needed it!
After that, it was time to get packed up and get ready to head home. We grabbed lunch at TGI Fridays and then headed to the airport. Jeff got bumped up to First Class and he gave it to ME!!! Such an awesome hubby! It was my first time flying First Class!!! All those work trips he's had finally did pay off for me! : )
It was an amazing weekend, and it has been and amazing 6 years! I love you Babe!
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