After leaving Las Vegas we spent the weekend in the “Mile High” city of Denver. Nestled at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, it’s the capital city of Colorado.

The main reason we stopped there was to catch up with my old mate Mike. Mike and I worked together in the mid 80s at the Mines Department WA. Mike moved to Denver about six years ago.

Mike and his wife Lara graciously offered to let us stay in their lovely home for the weekend. What wonderful hosts they were. They picked us up from the airport and toured us around the city.

 

When we got back Lara cooked a fantastic meal of pork ribs and REAL vegetables. It’s strange to say, but the veges were a welcome sight after what seemed like an endless supply of pizza, burgers and burritos over the last two weeks. The meal was delicious, and was matched on the second night with a hearty lamb curry.  They introduced us to Moscow Mules too. I nice little cocktail made from vodka, lime and ginger beer. Apparently they have to be served in special copper mugs. We’re going to buy some in Macys in New York.

The other reason to visit Colorado was to see some snow. Mike had promised there’s be some snow on the mountains. I thought being close to summer there wouldn’t be much snow about – maybe a small patch we could play in for 10 minutes or so.

But how wrong I was! There was snow and plenty of it.

The Rockies are stunning.

One hour out of Denver and we’re 3500m above sea level. When we reached the Continental Divide marker at Loveland Pass it started actually snowing. It was magical. This was a first for Jane – she danced around the snow like a little girl.

It was strange to think on Friday we were standing in the middle of the desert in Arizona and on Sunday we’re on top on the Rocky Mountains while its snowing.

We  continued on to Keystone and Mt Evans. The scenery was spectacular. The road up to Mt Evans is the highest road in North America. It was still closed because of the snow.

We returned back to Denver for another Lara Barker home cooked meal and we toasted marshmallows and made s’mores on the back deck.

What a day. Thanks so much to Mike and Lara and their girls for inviting us. It really was a fantastic weekend.

I hope we can make it back there one day and maybe go skiing.