What a weekend

What a great weekend in Denver! The only downside was the wind!

Saturday morning, we took the Iggy's to Cherry Creek Reservoir (http://parks.state.co.us/parks/cherrycreek/Pages/CherryCreekHome.aspx). We enjoy taking the dogs there. Saturday was a warm day and the dogs got into the water! That was not the best part. The best part, seems mean that I call it the best, but really it was. Rocky was running like the wind and jumped over a ditch, but instead of clearing the ditch, his front leg hit the ditch and he went sideways and slid, like he was sliding into home. The only thing we could do was laugh and then Mike quickly picked him up to make sure nothing was broken. Rocky, a typical boy, did not want to be held and fought to be put down. Once Mike put him down, Rocky went on his way after a few iggy shakes to get the dust off of him.


We then went to a picnic hosted by some of the associates in my office at Clement Park (http://www.ifoothills.org/parks_Clement_Park.asp) Saturday afternoon. This was a great park. There was a skate park, baseball field, volleyball, people flying kites, graduation parties, BBQ's and picnics. The Iggy's went with us and were on my waist leash. Considering they had been to CCR a few hours prior, they were worn out and behaved exceptionally well. Except when Dasha tried to attach another dog at the picnic, Shadow. It was like she forgot he was there and when she saw him again she went crazy. When we left, we drove through Littleton versus taking C470/E470 home. We really enjoyed Littleton. It is a very quaint area.


Before we went home to call it a night, we went to dinner. The wind had blown Mike's plate from the BBQ and all his food less his hot dog was lost. Poor guy! We had dinner at a place near our house, which is becoming one of our favorite places. Not just because they have $3 margaritas all day everyday but because the food is really good and reasonable. Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q (http://www.jimnnicks.com/) is located in Southlands Mall (http://www.shopsouthlands.com/).


After our full day, we went home and watched a new movie Mike had bought. It was a good movie. So good that I didn't fall asleep. Now that is saying something! It was called, The Edge of Darkness. It was not good enough to keep the iggy's up - they were both passed out snoring during the movie. Yes, our dogs snore!


Sunday, the Iggy's were still worn out from Saturday so Mike and I decided to leave them home and do some exploring by ourselves. A week prior when I was getting my nails done, I was speaking with the shop owners daughter. She was telling me about a field trip she took to a park in Denver called Four Mile Historic Park (http://www.fourmilehistoricpark.org/). This is where we decided we wanted to go; however, before walking through this park, we needed to eat lunch. We didn't get started until about 11:30 as I had a few things for work to do and Mike wanted to mow the lawn. Yes, he wanted to mow it. The next door neighbor asked if he could mow it every week and Mike didn't want him to. He said he likes to do it. Nonetheless, we were headed out to Four Mile Park and wanted to eat lunch. I told Mike about this place in the DTC that I like. It is called Choppers (http://www.chopperscustomsalads.com/). They make salads there. We typed in Choppers into the GPS and found one on the way to the park. When we got there, we learned it was Choppers Sports Grill (http://www.chopperssportsgrill.com/joomla.1.5/index.php). What a great discovery! We loved this place and will definitely be back.


After we left the Four Mile Park, we decided to follow the Creek Creek Bike path. What a jewel we found. The Cherry Creek joins the South Platte at Confluence Park in central Denver. This is near where the city was founded in 1858. This is what is commonly called LoDo (Lower Denver). We loved it and decided that next weekend we were going to try to ride our bikes on the path.