Visiting in Golden

Friday May 31 2019

We were planning to go to Lookout Mountain when Shari texted with some other ideas and after a lot

Beautiful view from

the Mountain top!

of  "well what do you want to do" we stuck with Lookout Mt.  It was a nice day sunny 65ish as we headed up the mountain.  I was planning a hour and a half for the trip then back down for lunch. As we pulled in after a 15 mile switch back trip averaging 10 mph it was already 12:30 and  I remembered I hadn't filled the gas tank.  We had 70 miles to empty. We walked a short trail to the summit and what a view.  Now to my very pleasant surprise they had a café.  Yea,  first order of business lunch.  We shared a

Brad giving me a heart

attack at a stop

on the way back down?

buffalo burger and bowl of buffalo chili for only $21, but it is the only place.  After eating something we felt better and walked around seeing Buffalo Bill's grave and visiting Museum both are here at the top of the mountain. We learn so much visiting these places, Bill was a big supporter of women's rights,  an avid environmentalist and encouraged native Americans to continue there native customs and traditions.  We walked back to the truck drove down the mountain stopping for pictures at two different overlooks and arrived at the GAS station with 51 miles to empty. phew!  Stopped for steaks and had steaks and salad for dinner. Just had brought the food in when a thunderstorm rolled by but only lasted a few minutes.

Saturday 1 June 2019

Another beautiful morning here.  A quick breakfast and off to meet Shari and crew for a tour of the

Shari and kids already for

the tour!! 

Celestial Tea Factory and then Lunch at the Avery brewery. The Tea Factory was an interesting place to visit and the tea in the store was only $3 a box. Matt graciously stopped at the brewery ahead of time to get us a table and lucky for him it was only a two beer wait. We shared the Loaded Big Board, a huge plate of ribs, chicken, sausage, pulled pork, coleslaw and rolls.  The four of us ate all we could and we still had two containers to take home.   And the kids order for themselves McKayden had loaded fries and a soft pretzel oh to be young again. Matt and Shari headed off to Lowes and we came home walked Rudy and Brad had Tums for dinner.

Sunday 2 June 2019.  

The mornings here have been wonderful and it continued this morning.  However each afternoon we get strong thunderstorms.  They don't last long but some have hail and strong winds with them we just can't get a nice evening.  We made eggs and bacon on the grill cleaned up and headed to watch the O'Donnell's play indoor soccer.  With indoor soccer the field is boarded like a hockey rink so the ball never goes out of play and clock never stops. The four O'Donnells were exhausted but were headed to another game. We went to Lazy Days in Denver to look around but it was closed. Darn.  The thunder storms rolled in so we headed home. To morrow should see some progress with our repairs or least we hope so.  Walked Rudy when the rain would let up and just had a salad for dinner.