Coors Brewery & Red Rocks

The main purpose of the trip to Colorado was to see family, especially since we don't get a chance to get together very often.  So my brother & sister-in-law from California,  my parents from New Mexico and some nieces in Colorado were all able to see each other. With my brother & sister-in-law we toured the Coors Brewery in Golden.  An interesting tour, but I still don't like Coors beer or any of the other brands they make.  It's only stouts for me. I never really learned to like lagers.  I guess this comes from learning to drink beer in England and having a "pint of bitter" (i.e. stout).

With my parents we toured the Red Rocks Amphitheater, the Quilt museum in Golden, the Buffalo Bill Museum and Lookout Mountain.

Red Rocks Amphitheater is an amazing place,  and I really wanted to see a show while we were here in Colorado,  but it just didn't work out.  The only night that there was an event that we had free was the 4th of July.  Blues Traveler was playing for the 4th and I really like Blues Traveler.  Opening for them was Lewis Black.  I think he's one of the funniest comedians out there these days.  However,  I would have my teenage daughter along.  Now,  I know she knows the F-word,  and I don't usually think of myself as a prude --  but somehow paying for a show where I know she's going to here that word repeatedly,  and I do mean repeatedly (for those of you who've ever seen Lewis Black, you know what I'm talking about) just didn't feel right.  I guess you can never stop being a Mom!

But the theatre was cool in an of itself and Dad even walked all the stairs in the amphitheatre.  When we arrived there was a fitness class in progress and folks were running the stairs.  Inspired, I started to run to the top myself.  About 20 rows from the top though,  I gave out (I think there were about 80 rows).  I also gained a deep respect for the folks in that class!