Not a whole lot to report the past few days. I’ve been staying with my father's cousin Howard and his wife Theresa in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, a little south of Denver. It’s been another nice break from traveling in a car and having to find a new place to set up every night. The first day, I took the light rail, Littleton-Mineral to 16th Street into downtown Denver. I was told that when I got there, the Wynkoop Brewery would be a good place to have lunch. I walked down the pedestrian only 16th street which was mainly shopping and restaurants. Like any city, it was crowded but not overly so.
I arrived at Wynkoop within 10 minutes of stepping off the light rail. Wynkoop Brewery is Denver’s oldest brewery and produced 1,602 barrels of beer in the first half of 2010, a pittance compared to the almost 4.5M barrels produced at Budweiser at Fort Collins. After a quick lunch I would be off to see the downtown. I ordered a buffalo burger and a Mile HI.P.A. To make a long story short, I proceeded to work my way through the beer list, leaving only two for another time. About five hours later, it was time for me to catch the light rail back in time for dinner. I can’t say I saw much of the downtown but I had a great time meeting some cool people and trying some great beer. Top recommendation: Mile HI.P.A.
The following day, yesterday, was rather low key. I had my car in the shop for most of the afternoon for an oil change after only 2 ½ weeks and almost 3,000 miles, and a radiator flush. It feels good to have the Subaru ready for action again.
This morning, Howard, his friend Elliot and I played 18 holes at the Fox Hollow golf course in Lakewood. It was a perfect day for golf, about 80 degrees and very little wind. I was very happy with my 91, especially considering I haven’t played in four months and was using borrowed clubs. The sun is strong in the mile high city, even with sun block I got a little bit of a sun burn. And yes, the ball does fly considerably farther at higher elevations.
Tomorrow I think I’m going to check out Colorado Springs and Pike’s Peak.
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