Stef's Visit (part 3)

Sundays are normally very relaxing for us but with Stef here, we took advantage of the time.  It was so nice to have Stefanie here to help us get ready for church. Since Jake has meetings in the morning, I usually end up showering, dressing, and feeding both myself and Ellie and after doing my hair, packing the bags and all that.

After church we all decided that we were a little tired so naps for everyone, which was probably good for all. Once the naps were over (and too short I think), I hurry and made roll dough and then we were off.  We took a leisurely drive across Hampden west towards the Mountains and then drove up to Red Rock Amphitheater. Now Ellie and I had seen it before when the grandma's came but this was Jake and Stef's first time. Stefanie's phone has this awesome panorama feature so you can have a better view of the setting.

Looking from the top of the seating down. Denver is in the background. The white square is the top of the stage.

While we were there, a Spanish speaking gentleman was singing from about halfway down the rows of seats but there was no problem hearing him. He had a pretty good voice too. It was fun to hear how the acoustics worked.

Ellie in her cute outfit. Obviously she pulled out her hair thing on the drive.

We then drove over to the Boettcher Mansion and Buffalo Bills grave. Since it was Sunday, all we could do was wander around the Mansion and imagine what it would look like come spring and summer and guess what the inside was like. Ellie was starving because it was almost 6:00 so we drove over to Buffalo Bills to see if any festivities were still going on. It was his birthday celebration that day. As we pulled up, the sign said the gates close at 6 and since it was 6:15 but the gates were still open, we drove in quickly just to show Stef.  There were still about 8-10 cars in the lot.  We drove to one end of the parking lot to show her a view to the Continental Divide and as I'm backing up to drive to the museum at the grave, this crazy person pulls up right behind the car and just sits there. So I maneuver around and drive to the overlook. Since it was past time, we were just glancing but this lady in the same car drives up and doesn't even roll down her window but frantically flailing her hairs tries to signal that the gates close at 6. As she drives off, we notice Oregon plates. We pointed out were you can overlook the entire valley (and most of the plains) then left.

Ellie wasn't too happy that dinner was so late but she did OK as we tried to feed her random snacks in the car. She did eat a good amount for dinner though.