We made it to Denver!

Yesterday we hit the road around 11 am after a great evening spent with my sister's family. The kids (Sean & Emma) are so grown up! It's awesome to see them blossom into such well-rounded young adults - although kind of scary, as it makes me realize how old we are getting! While the kids got to bed at reasonable hour (Sean started 9th grade yesterday morning - first day in high school!), we kept Tom & Kath up way past their bedtime. Brandon got to meet all the animals, from the bearded dragons to the goats to the sugar glider - plus the dogs and parakeet. Was great to hear about Kath & Tom's sailing adventure - it opened up a whole new world for them, and they fell in love with Grenada (can't blame them!).






The day was projected to be hot - and they projected correctly. The temperature from about 11 am onwards was 96 or above! But it was a dry heat, honest. Actually it was killing Brandon, me not so much, because it really was a dry heat! It got to the hottest (as did Ruby Jane) once we were in downtown Denver, in the middle of traffic and construction. Ruby Jane was running up around 235 degrees, so for sure hotter than when we were cruising on the highway - hoping it is just a hot day/traffic thing, otherwise we have another little 'gremlin' to keep our eyes on.

We got to Brandon's old boss's place and met up with Brad, Jim, and the team, great to catch up with them - had a GREAT burger at the Burger Bar across the street. We ended up heading to Jim's place to spend the night (original plan was Marc's), so dropped off our stuff, had some martinis, and went out for the evening. We met up with Marc and some guys at 1Up, which was a rad bar full of old video games and pinball machines - all of which ran off of quarters! Really cool night, lots of chatting and laughing and catching up.

This morning we took Ruby Jane to an exhaust place to check on the leaky headers. Just got a call, doesn't look like there is much we can do, so she'll just have a funny sound to her. Now if we can just figure out what to do about that loose steering wheel.....

Off to the Springs in a few...