Denver Weekend, Part 2

So, after our first epic day eating our way through downtown, we decided on Sunday to get out of the city.  Jay wanted to see the mountains we could see from our hotel room, and the Rockies are only 30 or so miles away, so while we were at brunch we made the decision to stay away from downtown for the first part of the day.  

We had brunch at

For our main course, we shared the Fried Egg Sandwich, which sounds kind of normal

If I can say one negative thing about this restaurant, it was that it was advertised as having the best view in Denver.  The view wasn't bad, per se, but you look down a regular residential street at the Denver skyline and it's just kind of hidden and not mountainous and meh.  Best is a stretch, although maybe every single other Denver restaurant is hidden with no windows, I have no clue.  

After brunch we headed towards Golden, CO to see ourselves some real mountains.  The drive out of the city is just gorgeous, and yet again we had epic weather.  Golden is a little town about 30 minutes away from Denver, so named for the mining that brought settlers to the area originally.  We walked through a public park, petted some puppies, watched some kayakers, stopped into a random little pub for a beer and some MORE green chili, and had an overall great time just wandering around.  We also bought the baby its first onesie, NOT weed-themed, which I considered a success on a few levels.  

Also while in Golden we toured the

Of note, Golden is home of Coors brewery, which we WOULD have toured, but we drove around the buildings for about 20 minutes and couldn't find an entrance so we gave up.  No joke.  Maybe next time.  After Golden "we" still hadn't satisfied our lust for mountains, so we picked a random road and just drove.  Up and up and up, through some of the most gorgeous mountains I've ever seen.  We didn't have an end goal, just wanted to see more of the landscape, and it was SO much fun.  While we were driving we decided that our brunch and chili were CLEARLY not enough food so far for the day, and that we needed to try Rocky Mountain Oysters.  Do you know what this is?  They're fried bull calf testicles.  It's a Denver specialty, except you can't ever find them in the city, just in random little bars outside the city.  We landed at

After alllllll of the testicle excitement we were super zonked and planned to go back to the hotel, BUT we realized that there was a Rockies game going on, so we headed back to the city, grabbed a parking spot downtown, and went to the game.  I'd never been to an MLB game, and it was so. much. fun.  Epic crowds, crazy sunshine, 100 degree temperatures, and just an overall fun energy.  We stayed for about 4 innings and then got our tired butts out of the sun.  

Sunday evening we kept things low key with 4 hours of golf (heyyyy playoff), Mexican(another burrito, more green chili, epically delicious) and frozen yogurt near the hotel, and an early bedtime.  If I had to choose, I think Sunday MIGHT have been my favorite day - restaurants are all well and good, but we really felt like we were experiencing more of Colorado, and loved every second of it.  

Are we bored of this yet?  I promise I'm almost done, but we just had SO much fun.