Our original plan was to detour to Devil's Tower in Wyoming
on our way to Denver. Due to our mishap
of the day before, we opted to go straight to Denver. There really isn't much to say about the
ride. Most of the journey was cutting through
Wyoming.
Wyoming was desolate.
You really could see for miles and miles. There was nothing that broke up the view
except cattle. That's all I have to say
about that.
We arrived in Denver and quickly found our hotel. I really wanted to try one of the places Guy
Fieri visited on "Diners, Drive Ins and Dives." In looking at my list, we decided on Steuben's
Food Service. I'm glad we did! Steuben's is housed in a former garage. If you are ever in the Denver area I
recommend trying them. Everything we ate
was delicious. I had the cayenne etouffee, Rich
had trout, and the kids had a cheese steak, pulled pork and slider. As an appetizer we ate pork bits that were
grilled and rolled in powered sugar.
Needless to say, every plate was finished.
Feeling stuffed, we knew we needed to walk off dinner so we
headed to the 16th Ave Pedestrian Walkway.
The street is lined with restaurants, bars and shops and is closed to
vehicular traffic. It was a great night
to stroll around. The area was busy with
conventioneers. We walked for a bit and
people watched until bedtime.
The next morning we had reserved a tour of the Denver
Mint. However, we missed our turnoff and
got there late. Although our ticket said
no one would be allowed in without a reservation or late, we decided to try to
get on the next tour. The Treasury
Department Officer was very nice and said he would try. Just then a woman and her son came up and
said that they had a reservation for seven, but only two of them decided to
wake up early for the tour. Lucky break
for us!! The tour was short, but
interesting. Danny said he learned how
to make coins. As they talked about the commemorative
quarter program all of us looked at each other and smiled. I knew we were all thinking of my Dad. He probably would have loved going to the
Mint.
Elitch Gardens Amusement Park was our next stop, because
"Not to See Elitch's is Not to See Denver." I have decided that I am not destined to ride
many coaster this trip. Out first ride,
Sidewinder, was basically Lightning Loops.
I was fine on the forward ride, but as we looped backwards I started
feeling ill. (I am so embarrassed by
this. I feel like a
coaster-newbie.) After that I took my
motion sickness pills. I rode the
classic wooden coaster Twister II. About
a half hour later I began to feel as I did at Valleyfair! in Minnesota. I sent Rich off with the older kids to ride
the rest of the coasters and took Danny to the Kiddie Park. Sitting on a bench, struggling to stay awake,
I pulled out my bottle of motion sickness pills. It was then I discovered what my problem was-
I bought the wring kind! Instead of the
non-drowsy formula I had grabbed the regular ones. No wonder I felt so sick at both parks!! When Rich joined me I told him about my
mistake. Being the wonderful man that he
is, we sat on a bench while Ian and Danny went on kiddie rides together and I
took a little nap.
Feeling much better we brought the kids to the attached
water park and let them frolic until it closed.
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