weekend get-away - denver, co

Jordy and I headed to Denver, Colorado on Saturday morning.  We had free flights on Southwest, got a great hotel deal and rental car deal on priceline, so the only thing we had pay for was the Broncos tickets and food.  After booking the trip, Jordy realized that one of his old Navy buddies lived in the area, so we made plans to meet up with him and his wife for dinner.

 

Our flight arrived on time and we were able to check into our room early.  We slept very little Friday night, so we enjoyed a nap.  I took a recommendation from a co-worker on a Mexican restaurant for lunch - the Riveria.  It was ok.  The service wasn't great, but the drinks were ;)

 

We were pretty lazy the first day, but decided to walk to meet the Maynard's for dinner.  We went to Ship's Tavern.  The food was good and we had a good time catching up with old friends.

 

We slept in Saturday and then searched for a place to eat breakfast.  We decided on Stueben's.  We got there and realized they didn't open until 10:00.  It was 9:30.  We were trying to decide what to do when we started seeing a line form outside of the place.  We decided it must be good and got in line.  The food was very good!

 

We decided to check out the Botanic Gardens.  I hated paying to get in, but I insisted we do something in town.  It was nice to see something different and we took more pictures there than anywhere.

 

 

We headed to the Broncos game around 4:15.  The hotel had a shuttle, which was nice because the stadiums was about 3 miles away.  We arrived and there was a ton of energy in the air.  This was my first NFL game and it did not disappoint.  We ate dinner at the game had a great time watching.  We stayed until the clock hit 0:00!  I couldn't see leaving early considering the money we spent on the trip and tickets.

We headed back to where the shuttle would pick us up and when I called they said it was going to be an hour (which was also after the shuttle quit).  We decided to start walking and thought we might just catch a cab when we saw one.  We never saw a cab that was free until we were less than 1/2 mile from home.  We ended up walking the entire way!  We were ready to crash when we made it back to the hotel.

And of course, we were ready to get home to see this sweet face...