Blogs from Denver, Colorado, United States, North America - page 2

Sat: Y’s first flight, first baseball game! After passing Y’s 2 months mark, things got a little easier and we wanted to restart our travels. We picked Denver because neither of us has been there and it would be a short 2-hour flight. Baby steps :). Friday was all about getting ready. This was going to be a different trip and mindset for V and me as new parents. I think I have everything…except! I realized that the 4:30-am bus from Millbrae to SFO doesn’t run on weekends. Oh no! The only other option was 3:55-am bus to make our 6:30 am flight. Aaand, that’s the last one before BART starts running at 6 am. With a 4.5-month-old, Uber/Lyft are out. This led to 2:30 am alarm, ouch. Going through security with the baby in the ... read more

I am actually off on this exploration, jaunt, crazy journey of madness. I am not sure what this is or what this will be. I have been telling people for the last 8 months that I am going on this four month journey, but I still don't believe I am going to do it (even sitting in the airport with my bags checked onto the plane). There is one plane ticket purchased and two weeks of lodging booked at this time. Most people I have talked to about this have shaken their heads and said, "WOW! What an experience, good for you?" Most also ask "Why?" and "How?" Honestly, I have no good answer for either question. I only knew deep in my gut that it needed to done. I don't have a goal, a vision ... read more

I planned 3 nights in Frederick (suburb of Denver) to meet and get to know another cousin. Jeff’s grandfather is my grandmother‘s half brother. I met his parents a few times when they came out to CA. Jeff is the one that was able to get my grandmother to talk about family history that she never discussed with my family. As it turns out, she must have been too embarrassed to talk about. Jeff is a huge St. Louis Cardinal fan so besides talking about family, we talked a lot about baseball. I was originally going to spend two nights with him but extended one more night as he was able to get tickets to the Rockies vs. Giants game on Monday night. The Giants lost but it was good seeing them play as well as ... read more

From a trip in 2011: The Mile High City of Denver was once my second home. I stopped there after almost every trip from the Midwest or East during my business travel days. I even had a set of skis and boots in Evergreen, the toney western metro area of Denver. I would stop there and have my friends Bill, Vern, Ed, Kurt, Art, or John pick me up at the airport. Even the erstwhile mafioso wannabee, Arturo N. from Jersey was part of the plan. After a short evening of rest, we headed out to nearby Winter Park, Keystone, Arapahoe, or Copper Mountain for a day of skiing. We often hit the hot springs in Georgetown on the way home. They often threw me onto the last flight out in the evening back to the ... read more

Several jaunts cross country, three that I can recall, have resulted in enough miles for a "free" trip on Amtrak's California Zephyr, from Fresno to Denver in a sleeper car. This is an overnight trip, whereby I leave early Sunday morning, and arrive in Denver around dinner time on Monday. I plan to attend two Giants-Rockies games at Coors Field, take a drive up to Boulder, and perhaps Colorado Springs, for Garden of the Gods, Pikes Peak, and the Air Force Academy. I embarked a similar trip to Denver in 2011, though I flew both ways. I went to see some old ski buddies, but found that most of them either moved away or passed on to that great ski resort in the sky. See my previous emails about Denver for details. This is my fifth ... read more