Denver Adventure!

Feb 15 - Feb 17

Nate and I left after I got out of school on Friday. On our way out of Utah, just past the border we came across a town literally named Dinosaur. I know this area of the states is famous for sedimentary rock and Dinosaur bones and fossils, but really? Name the town Dinosaur? It allowed us to laugh and funny signs such as this:

Maybe Dinosaurs didn't become extinct after all and found religion somehow...

We continued to drive for about 6 or 7 hours. Part of the long drive was on account of this very large/long tunnel. They were only letting in one car at a time, on the two lane road (in the tunnel), every 500 ft. So we were stuck on the freeway, with no exits available, 3 lanes of traffic, waiting to go into the tunnel, for TWO HOURS! The tunnel itself was probably a mile or two long. Once we got to the other side, it was night and day difference--sunny and pleasant coming in to foggy, snowy and windy coming out.

 When we came in toward Denver, we passed an exit for a town called 'No Name'. Lol Colorado, you're killing me with these crazy names. We checked in at our hotel and then went to the temple in Littleton, CO. 

 I was surprised by how small some of the rooms were in the temple. But it was wonderful to go. After we got out, Nate took me to Red Lobster for our Valentine dinner. I love lobster. Mmmm... It was a nice, quiet evening in the restaurant. We got the seafood platter to share (definitely the way to go) and skipped out on dessert. What a great night! 

The next day...

We woke up pretty early to make it to our appointment for our full body, 1 hr, Swedish massages. Nate went first, so I got to wait on these wonderful bad boys! 

Our masseuse was phenomenal!!! She was telling me she was from a place called Latvia and how she came to the states. I enjoyed learning about her story while she worked her magic. 3 1/2 hours later we were on our way to Gateway Park to play at the arcade, mini golf and go cart racing. 

It was a blast!!! 

We did a little shopping afterwards and ate at a restaurant called Las Fuentes. Delicious mexican food! We called it a night and went to bed.

Sunday

We packed up our stuff Sunday morning and left to spend sacrament meeting with our friends, Millie and Casey, that had moved out to Denver a few months earlier. 

We love these two! They are going to be great parents!

After church, we had sunday dinner and went to the park to play bocce ball and this fun ring toss game. When Casey got home, we played some games and watched a few episodes of Castle. It was great to just relax and hang out with Mills and Casey. 

The next morning we ate breakfast and headed back toward Vernal.

 We ate at this little pizza joint that was really good. We hopped on the road and after asking a few places, we finally figured out where the ice castles were located. 

 They were incredible!

 And to think this was made by somebody; pretty impressive

 Do you see how tall this is? Nate is 6 ft flat. 

Eventually, we grabbed some hot chocolate and headed back to home to reality.
Catch ya later!