Denver Trip - Tim's take

Megan has been doing a great job chronicling our trip to Denver but I figured I'd give my own take on the trip.

When we flew in, and drove to Adam and Amy's, I noticed that the terrain in Denver is not what I anticipated. There are very few trees and it is flat. A little surprising but I wasn't holding it against Colorado. In fact, here is a view from Red Rocks Amphitheater that kind of shows the "plains" view of Denver.




The zoo was pretty fun until Ryan was overly tired and it was a million degrees. We went back to the house and just hung out and cooled off until we stuffed ourself with the extreme amount of sweets that Amy made for Joshua's birthday party.


(Not shown are the lion cookies...and yes, there are 2 cakes!!!)

The church that Adam and Amy go to is pretty amazing. Their worship leader is great and the "secondary" worship leader sounded great too. The music was cranked, too!!! They did play a Coldplay and U2 song during the worship service and I think they probably could've given a little intro to those songs before putting up the lyrics for everybody to sing because they may not be about Jesus, and people may get confused about the message of the song (I was confused about one of the songs and didn't realize it was a Coldplay song until about a month ago). I digress.

We did a few things that is obligatory for a Farmer Family Trip. We went to the local professional sports team stadiums and got our pint glasses. The Rockies trip was fun because we actually got in a game. The seats were absolutely amazing! Here is a point of view shot.



Adam got some free tickets the following Friday night and I took Ryan downtown to meet Adam for a Boys Night Out and the second Rockies game of the week.

We also took a trip to the Broncos stadium. If I would've known then what I know now, I would have prayed over the stadium that whoever would be officiating the game between the Chargers and the Broncos would call a fair game void of any costly mistakes for the visiting team. You know the rest. As far as pictures go, this picture shows how you are greeted while coming into the main entrance to the stadium.



If you can't tell, this is the ass end of the horse sculptures. Very welcoming, huh???

Since it was a work trip, I guess I can give a little insight to my week learning about private recreational offerings...

Nah, you could care less.

New Toys

After listening to a recording that Steve made of a service, I realized that I wanted to get a Les Paul style guitar to get more of a low end out of my sound. So, I rounded up some equipment to sell and raised enough money to get this Agile guitar.



For a pretty inexpensive guitar, it sounds, feels, and plays great. It's a perfect compliment to my other guitar, my 1977 Strat.



Then after reading Bobby's blog about his triathlon, I decided it was time I start getting back into shape (it's been quite a while) and get ready for me to do a triathlon. My current bike was a Mongoose mountain bike which rides real slow, is real heavy, I can't get the brakes to stop rubbing against the tires, and now can't get the front dérailleur to shift into the second gear (it goes from the 1st gear to the 3rd gear). Needless to say, I felt the need to get a different bike that I could actually put miles on.

I initially wanted to get a hybrid bike (kind of like a mountain bike with skinnier tires for the road). The one I was really looking at was new and was $489. I wanted to get the tri-bars to let me lean over, so that would've been another $30 for a used pair. Even with this one, I wouldn't be speeding real fast on any tracks.

So checking out Craigslist, I found this tri-bike that looked really cool. Most of the tri-bikes on there are around $900+ but this one was listed at $450. It looked a lot different that most bikes I've ever seen so I did a little research on it to see if it was legit. I went to check it out and it was in great shape and came with some extra goodies. It had a computer already on it (I will have to get an in-service training from Bobby about this one), the guy gave me an extra tire, the pedals on it are about $150 (I took them off for now until I get bike shoes), and the spokes on the wheels are aerodynamic. This bike is much more than I need right now, but it will work out perfect for me to train and to start racing (actually I'm hoping to finish, so calling it racing may be a stretch).