The Scrapper Has A Last First Day Of School

Our senior, heading to the car.

Seen here with his buds,Val and Ava, from his first, first day. 

Madd Max Hits More Colorado Schools

University of Denver, which has a strong hockey culture that Max appreciated.

Lunch in Fort Collins.

Before hitting up Colorado State.

Madd Max Tours Boulder And Red Rocks

A tour of UC Boulder with the Flatirons as a backdrop.

Lunch at The Sink, one of Sam's old haunts.

How to frame out your sister.

Next stop, Red Rocks Park.

And the Trading Post Trail.

It rained a little during the hike.

Some boba and shaved ice helped.

Madd Max Returns Home

Sam arrived to these furry faces after being away for 2 months.  

Uno - "You jerk." 

McLovin - cuddly especially with treats.

The Countess - drool, purr, drool.

Madd Max Visits The Past

While the teens slept, Sam and Jess headed to Boulder.

Where Sam worked for a summer at the Colorado Shakespeare festival.

The theatre.

 

Next up, a hike in Eldorado Canyon State Park.

On the Rattlesnake Gulch Trail.

 

On a rec from Kearsley, lunch was at Casa Bonita.

It was incredible.

 

As was the dining table.

Next up, a show.

Yes, that's a cliff diver.  And a magic show followed.  Had the fam not been dropping Sam off at the airport, they would have stayed even longer. Well done, Denver.

 

An added bonus, the fam learned Maddie loves South Park which she saw for the first time while watching the episode based on Casa Bonita.

Madd Max Has A Denver Food Tour

In the am, Jess took a very hot (Denver is in a 95 degree heat wave) walk thru City Park.

While Sam worked and the kids chilled in our very cute airbnb.

Every No Parking sign in our area had this, which was awesome, but also a little ironic that the main thoroughfare was Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The fam is all in on support of this effort, though.

The first stop on the food tour was Marco's Coal Fired Pizza with a limoncello for the adults.

Lazo Empanadas for a beef empanada and a chilled malbec.

Green pork chili at The Cherry Cricket.

A pork belly taco and margarita at Kachina Cantina, the final stop being a custard tart in Union Station at Ultreia.

Post tour, family movie time with Memento.

Madd Max Heads To Denver

An early morning goodbye to the lake. 

 

Max got a window seat.

 

Our first dinner at Dio Mio.

The housemade focaccia, artichokes in a black butter and green olive puree, and watermelon and tomato salad along with their peach meringue dessert were insane good.  A great way to start Denver.