We picked the Denver area primarily because we wanted to see Band of Horses, and what better place than Red Rocks Amphitheatre?! We planned a handful of other things around the area, and it made for a fun little getaway.
Our first stop when we landed Thursday morning was the town of Golden. It's a cute little town that has a handful of shops and restaurants to check out.
Our hotel for the first few nights was here in Golden. It was a close location to the concert on Friday night, plus it is the home of the Coors Brewery. Don't worry, we waited until at least 11 a.m. to have our first drink.
It was pretty cool to see how the whole process works since Coors Light is my drink of choice.
The end of the tour was the best.... the sampling part.
After our time at the brewery, we walked to a restaurant a block down the road to sit on the patio and have lunch. We wandered out way to our hotel to check in and hung out there for a bit before deciding to venture up to Boulder, home of Univ of Colorado. It's a fun college down with plenty of bars, a huge street mall, and the best people watching I've ever participated in.
We definitely got our fill of Pearl Street Mall. We walked quite a bit and went to 6-7 different bars throughout the night. We had falafels for dinner and they were amaaaazing. We ended our Boulder adventures by finding the only place that was playing the Ranger's game! What can I say, they needed our support against CJ and the Angels.
Day 2, Friday, was the concert day! We laid low for the first half of the day, and headed down to Morrison early in the afternoon. It's a tiny town with a few bars that are just a few minutes before you drive into Red Rocks. We went to the Morrison Inn for some margaritas, and then over to Red Rocks Grill for a few more drinks and lunch. And then the concert fun began...
Here is the view from the parking lot. Quite the hike up there.
The beautiful view from above...
Our view of the stage from our seats...
The concert was great!! They played all of the songs we love, including our song. It was a beautiful place to be!!
We woke up Saturday and drove to Denver to play around for the day! They have a huge, never ending outside mall there too with shops and restaurants that we spent the first half of the day checking that out. By the time afternoon hit, we focused in on the area down by the ballpark. Here is our view of Coors Field from the rooftop patio we were on ...
We figured we might as well go into the game for a bit while we were there. We ended up staying for most of it.
Hanging out in the cheap seats...
After the game, we went to dinner and hit up a few last bars (as if we hadn't consumed enough alcohol in the past 3 days. Ha.) This picture makes me laugh because we were too lazy/tired/drunk to walk all the way back to our hotel a handful of blocks away, and flagged down one of those guys on a bike with seats on the back. The poor guy really struggled to get us back.
And that pretty much sums up our little trip! Couldn't wait to get home to see Nico. I swear, he got so much bigger while we were gone. :)
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