Denver - Day 1
We'll see how long I feel like doing this so sorry to anyone who wasn't expecting a bunch of update. Our flight to Denver was uneventful, but a little choppy and we arrived around 10:30 am MST. My brother picked us and my dad up from the airport and drove us across town to get our rental car.
Before I go any further, I need to talk about Denver International Airport (hence referred to as DIA cuz i don't like typing long words). As we were approaching, I made sure to look out my window to see if I could see Denver at all. Here's how that went:
Cattle farm .... sod farm .... sheep farm ... sod farm ... oh look! we've landed ... cattle farm ... cattle farm
That's right! DIA is located in the MIDDLE OF NOWHERE! It would be like Chicago placing it's airport in Rockford. The worst part about this though is the sheer number of housing developments we saw in the general vicinity of the airport. These are the same idiots who 5 years later complain the planes are too loud. Well guess what Sparky! The airport was there first.
Okay, back to our day. As I mentioned, the place where we picked up our rental car was on the complete opposite side of town. The reason? No airport fees and my bother (who works for the rental car company we used) got us a great rate (50% off!). So, there were the 4 of us: Debbie, myself, my brother, and my dad. There were the 3 rentals plus the car in which we came [notice the grammar?] (The 3rd was for my mom and stepdad who were flying in later and staying at the same hotel as Debbie and I) {let's put in another aside with curly braces :) } It was everyone gets their own car day and we each took our cars to Boston Market for a unique Denver experience ... shut up ... it was a DENVER Boston Market so leave me alone!!!! My mom got in a little late as did my sister. When she arrived at around 7:20, we all went to dinner.
Wow ... this is getting a little long .... guess I should stop making side comments.
We found a patch of restaurants (well ... 3 actually): Applebees, Outback Steakhouse, and Ted's Montana Grill. Well, when offered 2 national chain restaurants and one that appears to be a local chain, I pick the local chain everytime. This turned out to be a good choice as the specialty was ... Bison steak. Now, don't you animal rights lovers worry ... these bison were humanely killed for their wings and, to prevent waste, were also used for steak. Bison is actually a little sweeter than beef steak and a lot leaner. We had a great meal and then went back to our hotels for the night. After all, the big day was tomorrow and we all wanted to be well rested.
Stay tuned for the next post ... Denver - Day 2 (betcha didn't see that title coming did ya?)
Before I go any further, I need to talk about Denver International Airport (hence referred to as DIA cuz i don't like typing long words). As we were approaching, I made sure to look out my window to see if I could see Denver at all. Here's how that went:
Cattle farm .... sod farm .... sheep farm ... sod farm ... oh look! we've landed ... cattle farm ... cattle farm
That's right! DIA is located in the MIDDLE OF NOWHERE! It would be like Chicago placing it's airport in Rockford. The worst part about this though is the sheer number of housing developments we saw in the general vicinity of the airport. These are the same idiots who 5 years later complain the planes are too loud. Well guess what Sparky! The airport was there first.
Okay, back to our day. As I mentioned, the place where we picked up our rental car was on the complete opposite side of town. The reason? No airport fees and my bother (who works for the rental car company we used) got us a great rate (50% off!). So, there were the 4 of us: Debbie, myself, my brother, and my dad. There were the 3 rentals plus the car in which we came [notice the grammar?] (The 3rd was for my mom and stepdad who were flying in later and staying at the same hotel as Debbie and I) {let's put in another aside with curly braces :) } It was everyone gets their own car day and we each took our cars to Boston Market for a unique Denver experience ... shut up ... it was a DENVER Boston Market so leave me alone!!!! My mom got in a little late as did my sister. When she arrived at around 7:20, we all went to dinner.
Wow ... this is getting a little long .... guess I should stop making side comments.
We found a patch of restaurants (well ... 3 actually): Applebees, Outback Steakhouse, and Ted's Montana Grill. Well, when offered 2 national chain restaurants and one that appears to be a local chain, I pick the local chain everytime. This turned out to be a good choice as the specialty was ... Bison steak. Now, don't you animal rights lovers worry ... these bison were humanely killed for their wings and, to prevent waste, were also used for steak. Bison is actually a little sweeter than beef steak and a lot leaner. We had a great meal and then went back to our hotels for the night. After all, the big day was tomorrow and we all wanted to be well rested.
Stay tuned for the next post ... Denver - Day 2 (betcha didn't see that title coming did ya?)
posted by Eddie at 21:24
2 Comments:
Ohhh, a DENVER Boston Market. Yeah, I've heard of those. You're right, the "DENVER" makes all the difference : )Totally different place than say a "SCHAUMBURG" Boston Market. Did you struggle with the unfamiliar menu?
Okay, okay, I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. : )
I'm sooo glad that those bison were killed in a "humane manner"...You really took a load off my conscience there. Even after I leave you can't stop with the meat jokes.
-Phoebe
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