Days 24-26: Denver, CO

Day 24: Long drive thru NM dessert. A lil bit of rain. Tired. Stupid interstate. I feel like we’re on a Highway to Hell (fitting song for the day) Finally to Colorado. Stop at McD’s for lunch. Not sure if the drive from Seattle to Portland is better or worse than the drive from Colorado Springs to Denver. Finally arrive in Denver and meet up at Sam’s brother’s Niels’ place. His roommate Amy is nice and Sam’s mom is here. We go out with the intention of eating at D Note. A pizza joint/ bar with live music. We drink martinis instead and wait forever for breadsticks. After that we stop at an ice cream/candy shop next door (we found bacon flavored toothpaste!) And then finally we go to Jose O’Sheas for more drinks (margaritas) and an unlimited taco bar. Yep, an unlimited taco bar.  Niels’ drives home four drunk women.

Day 25: Go out to eat for breakfast at Sunrise Sunset. (Breakfast food is my favorite hangover food.) Then we go back to Niels and Amy’s to go to the pool. We go for a quick dip then lie out in the sun until the clouds come. Shower, rest, then head to Boulder, CO. Shop at a cute downtown area with tons of boutiques and cafes on brick streets. Found an amazing little black dress at Starr’s Clothing Co. Eat at Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery. They have the best nachos in the world.

Day 26: Lazy. Crabby. Lounge around, sit on laptops and talk on my phone and sit in my car away from people for awhile. We go to the park to see Niels play in his kickball league. His team is called Going Commando; they wear camouflage. And their team captain wears a camo kilt. They get rained out (and there’s lots of lightning) so we leave early. More lounging. Finally go out to eat. We go to a hole in the wall called Star Thai. Not a big fan of Thai (or Japanese or Chinese for that matter) but I order some sweet and sour chicken and brown rice. We also have WonTons (or Crab Rangoon) which was deep fried cream cheese in star shapes. Also, of course, had to have egg rolls. For dessert, we have deep fried bananas covered in honey and powdered sugar and I try some Thai Iced Tea (not that different from bubble tea!).

Tomorrow: KANSAS, HERE WE COME.

Love always & Forever,

Stephanie

Song of the day:

Don't Stop Believin' by Journey (still stuck in my head from Tucson)
A Whole New World from Aladdin
Soul Sister by Train