4th of July 2009 - Gregg & Dayna Style

For the 4th of July this year, Dena and I booked us all a flight to Denver, CO to watch the Rockies play. We stayed with Dena's wonderful friend, Cami, at her house. Cami lives about 5 minutes from downtown Denver. She is awesome. Cami and her friends and neighbors had a great barbecue planned for us on Friday night. They grilled up some chicken and brats (that doesn't look right) and had a great spread of food. We were entertained well into the night!
On Saturday, Cami drove us to Golden, CO so we could take a tour of the Coors Brewing Factory. Since it was the 4th of July, the assembly line portion of the factory wasn't running, but it was still an awesome tour.

Here is Dena and Jim outside of Coors Stadium. The Rockies are their favorite Major League Baseball team. They have been following these guys for years. It was raining just before the game was supposed to begin, but it cleared up and was an outstanding night!

We went to the highest point in the stadium we had access to and took this picture. It was breathtaking. This was the first MLB game for all four of us. AWESOME!! There were 49,096 people in attendance for this game. We bought our tickets for $15.00 each. YES!! We got our tickets in the "obstructed fireworks" view section. We were down the third base line. Our seats were amazing.

Here are Gregg and I trying to take it all in!

This is Todd Helton, the first baseman. This is Dena and Jim's favorite player.

Since July 8th is our anniversary, we called this mini-vacation our anniversary present to each other. At the top of the third inning , I was looking around the stadium, and this popped up on the marquis. I was hootin' and hollerin'!! Gregg had called ahead and had this done for me! Soooooo Sweet~! They put this up at the top of every inning the remainder of the game!

This is just a shot of the game.

Since we were in the obstructed view of the fireworks, we made our way down closer to the field and found four empty seats. Why anybody would leave and miss these fireworks is beyond me! They were fantastic!

On Sunday morning, Cami told us she wanted to take us to this great place called Red Rock. She didn't care that it was raining. We were gonna go! Cami is an airline pilot and has traveled all around the world. She has more back-country stories and adventures than I could ever dream of. So, this "little" trek up the stairs was nothing for her. But, for Dena and I, we thought we were going to die! Keep in mind, this picture was taken at the half way mark. Once we got to the top, the rain stopped and it was an amazing view.

However, when it came time to come down the mountain, we decided to take the ramp. What an awesome trip! Memories forever!