My first live soccer match & I attend a National game. FAAAANNNNNTASTIC luck!
Scored 2 tickets on stubhub & drove to Denver (with my friend Matt) to watch Team USA (defending Olympic champions) play China at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, home of the Colorado Rapids.
Skies were overcast, then sunny, then dark grey – lotta rain clouds. Layers on, off, then on again – typical Colorado spring day. Luckily the weather cooperated; rain held out until the final 2 minutes.
The American women dominated this day – China relegated to defending both halves.
Final score – USA 2, China 0.
Could have been much worse – Team USA outshot the Chinese 23-1. U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
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- my first live match – SCORE!
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- Dick’s Sporting Goods Park – home of the Rapids
Spring Break in Breck
So what happens at home during marathon weekends?
I receive pics like this. Awesome, right?
Took ½ day from work Monday to spend time with family, here in Colorado enjoying Spring Break.
With flurries in the air, opted for an afternoon at the Denver Aquarium. Hadn’t been to an aquarium in probably 10 years, then BAM — 2 over the past 3 days. Gotta say the Georgia Aquarium trumps Denver’s fish tank hands down. Fave non-fish sightings? Penguins in Atlanta, a tiger in Denver. (Yep, tiger at an aquarium.)
Next, took the crew bowling at Fat Cats in Westminster. Whatta lotta fun! Maybe next time I’ll even break 100. LOL> Congrats Tom & James! (today’s winners)
Catch Phrase, dinner – BLINK, and it was 10pm. Ho, hum.
LOVE having family around. It’s pretty much the best 🙂
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- bowling selfie – Collette, James, Maddie, Tom & Ashton
Super fun having visitors in town. Trying to get better at not overexerting East Coasters in our high altitude air.
Two days in however, I go stir crazy – gotta get outside & soak up some Vitamin D.
Wanted to hike relatively local this weekend so headed south on Highway 93 to Golden (most trails in Boulder County remain damaged & closed from last month’s flood). Ro took his usual spot & stared down the highway, happy to be in the car 🙂
I’ve often passed North Table Mountain while driving home from weekend treks off I-70, using Highways 6 & 93 to avoid Denver traffic (slows to a crawl every weekend – in winter, folks return from skiing; in summer, return from hiking & camping). Took a quick left into the parking lot. Ro and my friend, Stephen poured out – ready for adventure.
Mildest weekend of October – our first without snow. Today’s trail was jam packed with mountain bikes, runners, hikers – and horses. Beautiful sunny day with highs in the low 60’s – hard to believe it’s gonna snow again on Tuesday.
Basalt cliff pillars, amazing late season colour – SPECTACULAR. Hike duration: 6 miles roundtrip. PERFECT hike for a sunshiny day in the Fall. Not a lotta trees though – do not recommend [this hike] in summer months.
Back home, little guy was fast out for the count. Happy day 🙂
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- North Table Mountain in nearby Golden
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- basalt laced with zeolite — 20 different types — more than any other site in the world
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- tranquil western landscape – BEAUTIFUL day!
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- dogs & tall grass
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- mountain bikes, runners, hikers – and horses too!
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- basalt pillars & lotta late autumn colour – SPECTACULAR!
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- yes, dogs do smile 🙂
