The Downtown Aquarium

Day 3 was spent hanging around the house and getting ready for a family BBQ. Not to mention catching up on some much needed rest.

On Day 4 we took a trip to the Downtown Aquarium. Yes, Denver has an Aquarium. A lot of people are surprised to find that out. What I think is even stranger about the whole thing is that the Aquarium is owned by Landry's. Landry's owns a bunch of seafood restaurants.

Auntie Lori, Uncle Rod, and Grandma Mona joined us on this adventure. Grandpa Kyle decided to sit it out and work on a few projects at home. I was able to find and request a couple of "Buy 1, Get 1" coupons on the Internet which made the trip even sweeter. For some reason we didn't take many pictures of our visit. I think it was too dark and a little too crowded. We were trying our best to keep our group together and not loose a kid. Plus, I was having too much fun watching Jackson's reaction to all the different tanks. I think it is safe to say that this was his favorite activity of our vacation. He kept pointing to all the fish and kept squealing and acting all excited. Noah, Zoe, and Dan got to feed the stingrays. They also got to touch a shark. We wanted to eat at the restaurant but decided it wasn't worth the hour wait.

So, Auntie Lori and Uncle Rod to us to this really cool restaurant downtown called The Wyncoop. They had really good fish, mac and cheese, home brewed root beer, and an amazing vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake. After eating we walked around the old Amtrak Train Depot.

They decided to take us home via the scenic route. We got to see a bunch of really tall buildings, old homes, and a group of naked people riding on bikes. Yes, you read that right. At one of the intersections, there was a rather large group of people, probably around 15 to 20. They were dressed or undressed to varying degrees. A couple were completely naked. I was so glad that Zoe was sleeping and Noah was too distracted to notice. I wouldn't have wanted to explain any of it. Mona couldn't understand why they would want to risk being arrested and eventually having to register as a sex offender.

It was another fun, yet exhausting day. Too bad we forgot about taking pictures.