I got to travel to Denver, CO (5,280 feet above see level...hence mile high city) (got to knock it off my 101 in 1001) for work last week and managed to talk my company in to letting me stay for the weekend. Granted, it might have been the fact that the air fare was a little cheaper flying home on Sunday night rather than Friday morning, or the fact that I have "family" in town and was able to stay with them, but either way Denver is AWESOME!
I flew into town on Tuesday afternoon, met me boss, checked into my hotel and grabbed dinner at Earls. (can't get the link to work).
Wednesday, got up grabbed coffee at Starbucks. Rode the 16th Street Shuttle down to one of my clients offices. Walked over to the Westin for our quarterly meeting. Met with another client afterwards. Went to my companies office downtown for a brief hello to my account executives. When all was said and done...grabbed a Pomegranite Martini at Prime Bar with some of the girls from my afternoon client meeting. After my happy hour drink, I met my best friends cousin, Christen (hadn't seen her since the BF's wedding nearly
3 years ago) for dinner at Rock Bottom Brewery.
Thursday. Drove up to Greeley and Boulder w/the boss and t
he AE. Met with a few clients. The photo is from the back of one of the office buildings...seriously I could look at that EVERY DAY! Drove back to the city. (got a shot of the skyline)
Was DONE for work at 12:30. I called my ex-step-mother (yes we are still really good friends) and we met for lunch at a 5-Star Restaurant....knock another one off my 101 in 1001 days! We went to the Brown Palace. SOOOOOO good. I had Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken Salad.
Afterwards we went back to Earls and I had their housemade Sangria. Yummy. Crashed out pretty early on Thursday (thinking time change caught up with me).
Friday. Met my ex-step-mom and her co-worker for lunch at PF Changs and then we took the light rail back to her place and ended up driving out to Colorado Springs to see Garden of the Gods
and Pikes Peak. Absolutely GORGEOUS.
Friday night...went to a Colorado Rockies v. Milwaukee Brewers game. Our seats were AMAZING. Club level. Fantastic...I think I am officially spoiled.
Saturday. I've always wanted to see The Stanley Hotel (from Stephen King's The Shining). Drove up to Estes Park (about 8,000 feet above sea level). Driving through the mountains was breathtaking. Driving into Estes Park and seeing the snow covered mountains and Stanley Hotel on the hill GORGEOUS.
Ate lunch, promptly got sick....headache, nausea, lightheaded....yup I got Altitude sickness. NOT Fun. I had to drink a crap load of water and munch on tums to help till I could get down from the altitude.
We did the ghost tour...and I am a complete cynic...I didn't feel or see anything, however my camera captured something completely different. I got some "orbs" which they say are ghosts...yeah still a cynic...its totally got to be dust. It was fun though to hear about some of the history.
Walked around town for a little bit afterwards and bought a beautiful blue turquoise ring. I also bought a blue stone bracelet with a silver plated Aspen Leaf....anyone who knows me, knows I love leaves.
I flew back on Sunday afternoon/evening and thankfully I am not too jet lagged. All in all I fell in love with Denver and the surrounding areas. I didn't get to see everything because its so spread out, but I had an absolute blast and will definetly be back.
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