Hiking and Baseball!

Today we went to El Dorado Canyon State Park for a hike. While hiking, we stopped to watch rock climbers ascend the steep canyon walls. Gordy told us that in his younger days he, too, had climbed these same walls. Sue’s comment was, “NO way would I ever even think about doing that!!” Be sure and zoom in on the photos to get a better perspective on just how tall the walls and how small the climbers are.

From El Dorado Canyon State Park, we traveled into Boulder, Colorado. There we ate delicious hamburgers for lunch at The Sink restaurant near the campus of the University of Colorado. Gordy had eaten many meals there in his college years. Try as we might, we were never able to find his name among the thousands written on the ceiling!

Batter up! Tonight Jeff, Caden, Maren, and their friend Fio joined Gordy, Joyce, Bill and me at Coors Field to watch the Colorado Rockies play the San Diego Padres. Interestingly, just before the first pitch, the computer system that controls the cash registers, etc. for all the vendors in the stadium quit working. The vendor, Aramark, worked feverously to get them back up without success. (This would never happen at Angel Stadium! Riiight!!!) It was warm, for Colorado anyway, the fans were tired, hungry and thirsty waiting for the game to start. The fans were getting restless— The solution; fans were treated to free snacks and water. It was like a conga line, the kids sitting in front of us were constantly disappearing from their seats and coming back with nachos, ice cream cones (at least 5), etc.!! Caden and Maren enjoyed the treats too. Oh well, back to baseball. The game was exciting. The Rockies led until the 9th inning when the Padres tied the game. With two outs in the bottom of the 9th, C.J. Cron, a former Angel, hit a walk-off homerun to win the game. Bill was happy to add Coors Field to the list of MLB stadiums he has visited.