Goodbye Colorado

Our Airbnb has a wonderful covered porch overlooking a shaded backyard and gardens where we ate our breakfast, drank coffee and sipped tea. As we were enjoying the morning we started to hear music. We thought it might be coming from the park just out the gate of the backyard. After a little investigating we discovered it was coming from the backyard about 3 houses up the block. Either it was just a bunch of friends getting together to make some music or they were practicing their set for an upcoming concert. They were pretty good, and sang a variety of songs.

After breakfast we headed to Pearl Street. Part of it is a pedestrian mall with shops and restaurants. Because of COVID they have blocked off even more to allow restaurants to expand their outdoor seating. Most everyone was wearing masks outside as well as in the stores. We weren’t that interested in shopping and it started to rain so we headed back to our Airbnb. We really like the porch so we spend the afternoon out there placing bets on when the baseball season will end. Twenty percent of the games have been canceled this weekend because players keep testing positive. How long can they last?

Jason and Erin went to a cool restaurant with Nathan and Roya and thought we’d really like it so we made reservations for an outdoor table at The Acreage. It was a brewery only they made hard cider instead of beer, so technically not a brewery but I don’t know what else to call it. It was built on a hill with spectacular views of the Rocky Mountains and the sunset. The perfect way to spend out last night.

Right now we are driving through nothing but ranch land as far as you can see and a straight road that reaches to the horizon. Seems like a good place for a prison, out in the middle of nowhere. There must be one somewhere because the signs along the road say “Correctional Facility. Do not stop for hitchhikers”. Don’t worry, we aren’t tempted!

It’s going to be a long drive home and back to the reality of the world. In the meantime we are going to pass the time playing the Initials Game and listening to the podcast, “The Dating Game Killer”.

For some reason I can’t add photos from the road…