While on the San Antonio trip, Rachel's husband John broke the news that he had applied for a job in Denver, CO. They broke it easy to me and said that he had a 75% chance of getting it and even if he got it they would have to weigh the pros and cons. a few weeks later when I was on my way to Seattle they called and told me he got the job. After exploring the city they decided to take the plunge and make the move. Rachel is a teacher and needed to finish out the year, and since they had to rent out their house, she got to come and move in with me for a few weeks! Although I was super upset to be losing another friend to a new city, we had some fun adventures in those few weeks, and I got a trip to Denver in the end!
Rachel had made the Denver Road trip in May to take her dogs out there. She said that after splitting the trip into 2 days, she thought the 750 mile drive could be done in one day. I was all for powering through and driving in shifts if needed. We got everything packed and together the night before, woke up at 5am and were pulling out of the gate at 5:28am! Other than a traffic slow-down in Denton, TX (of course), we made really good time all the way to Amarillo. We got to some construction stuff closer to the Texas/New Mexico border, and then had awful traffic once we got closer to Colorado. The trip ended up taking us 13.5 hours.
We didn't have too many set plans for the following days. We took a full day recuperating from the road trip and just hanging out. Rachel and John's new neighborhood is in a really cute part of town where you can walk to shops and restaurants. It's called "the highlands," and the next day was a street fair. It was fun checking out the different crowd Denver has to offer, and we bought some cool stuff!
The hi-light of the trip was White Water Rafting! It was so much fun! I was super nervous about it at first but am always up for an adventure! I would definitely do it again! Since we had made the drive out to Idaho springs, we drove an extra hour toward Vail to check out that cute little town. I have never been skiing and wonder if I could ever even stomach the cash to make that kind of an adventure happen. Skiing is expensive!
John had to go back to work so Rachel and I had a few days to sleep in and just hang out. Our friend Heather came out on my last day in town and we had a yummy brunch at Denver Biscuit Company, explored downtown Denver, and then a fabulous dinner at Linger. We love food so that was a solid day.
The next morning I had to say good-bye and catch my $35, non-stop flight back to Dallas. (Seriously still can't believe we got that deal). There were tears but I hope that Rachel and John make awesome memories in beautiful Colorado, and I will try and find more cheap flights to go out and visit them!
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