Thanks to a fee ticket from Papa Tim, we were able to fly there. We boarded a Southwest flight a little after lunch and made it there just in time for dinner. The flight was a very bumpy one. Turbulence on the way out of Reno and on our dissension into Denver. I hated it and couldn't wait for it to stop. Not to sure what the two older kids thought about it, but Jack loved it and laughed the whole time. Other than that the flight was rather smooth, it was completely full and in order to sit together we sat in the very last row. Noah liked it since he had 2 windows to look at, but hated that it took forever to deplane. Jack fell asleep as we were boarding the plane and slept for most of the flight. Zoe slept for a good chunk of it too.
We had a lot of fun picking out our rental car. We were lucky to find a Chevy Traverse sitting in the lot that we could choose from. It sat 8 without being overly huge. It also got extremely good gas mileage. We didn't fill up the whole week we were there and that was with several trips between Aurora and Denver as well as a few trips between Aurora and Littleton. It is my new dream car at the moment.
We had 6 fun filled days in the Denver area. We went to the Zoo, the Temple, the Aquarium, the Nature and Science Museum, the United States Mint, and a cool free splash park. The kids also watched "Old Yeller" and "Where the Red Fern Grows", or as Noah called them "kill your dog" movies. We got to watch the planes every day at Buckley Air Force Base. They would take off and land and practice all sorts of formations and maneuvers. They even had helicopters flying with guys hanging out of them. That in itself was entertainment enough.
We also were very well fed by Grandpa Kyle. He is an excellent cook. He also introduced us to frozen custard at Freddy's and a cool Fish and Chips place. It was one of the most relaxed vacations we have taken. I think this is the first one that upon returning I didn't feel like I needed another vacation to recover. On the way home we got to fly on Shamu, too bad the camera was packed away the kids would have loved a picture of it.
The kids had a fun time too. Noah is already planning our next trip. He wants to go in June and stay for at least 10 days. We'll have to see if we can make that a reality. There was so much more I would have liked to have done.
The kids got to camp inside the whole week. That is one of their favorite memories from the trip.
Each attraction deserves it's own entry, so stay tuned.
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