Denver Trip - Day THREE

Day Three in Denver started w/a lazy morning at home followed by a trip to Cracker Barrel for Brunch. I mean really, you CAN'T go to Denver and NOT go to Cracker Barrel! Well, you can. But then we wouldn't have our tradition of the remembering why Travis "never wants to go to another Cracker Barrel again", now would we?

Trav went on a family vacation once and ate at the Cracker Barrel and Applebee's enough times to last him a lifetime. He came home from that trip and said "never again". So, last time we went to Denver I told that to Courtney. So, of course, we HAD to go there! Keeping w/tradition, we HAD to go there again this time! It is just our little torture we put him thru! Because, I can.

Andy apparently hasn't been there enough times - he was pretty impressed w/it! He had hash browns and a pancake and sausage and... Well, you get the picture. He liked it. He started hamming it up for me when I pulled out the camera, so I took FULL advantage of that - as most of you know, he usually won't look at the camera when I'm behind it w/out MUCH coaxing. So, like I said, I took advantage!




Next, we had to take some Rocking Chair pictures outside... Oh, and Abby had Cherry Topped Pancakes. Interesting choice in my opinion, but she liked them. Logan and Abby were really cute playing Checkers as well. They had NO idea how, but had fun making patterns on the squares!

Next, we got back in the car and headed to a Dairy close by to buy some fresh ice cream for dessert and check out some farm animals - yummy! (the ice cream, NOT the animals)

Andy got to see a baby cow up close and personal - he was happy.

Then, back in the car, back to the Wheelers' for about an hour, then back in the car and headed up to Fort Collins to check out the Budweiser Plant. Trav took the "behind the scenes" Beermaster tour while the rest of us took the regular old tour. Both ended at the Clydesdale's and the Bar. So, all parties involved were happy.

Thanks to Jeremiah and Courtney (non-drinkers) for being good sports and giving Trav this time - he really enjoyed the tour - and the beer! :)

The kids, of course, didn't care much about the tour. But, they were really good considering it was at 2pm in the afternoon, it was boring to them, they outnumbered the adults, and they were promised "Rootbeer" at the end of the tour and had to settle for Sprite - seriously, they didn't have Rootbeer! They did, however, eat their weight in free pretzels. Serves them right for not having Rootbeer on tap!

Oh, but Abby did think the Horses were really cool - as did Andy actually. If he could have said it, I think he would have said "Woh". He just stared at him... forever.

Here are some "behind the scenes" pictures Trav took while on the tour....

Then, we got BACK in the car and drove to Loveland and had dinner w/Trav's old boss and his wife. At a NICE restaurant. My kids were ANGELS I tell you. Angels. I couldn't have been more proud of them - especially after the long day they had had.

Next, we got BACK in the car and drove home to the Wheelers' house, put the kids to bed, watched the Beaver Game - go Beavs! There were board games and dessert involved as well - noticing a trend? :)