As it turns out, Sarah works for the coolest company ever. Because they are moving their corporate headquarters to Denver, they are paying for their employees to fly there for a "Get to Know Denver" trip, all expenses paid. On Wednesday, Sarah and I both flew into KDEN, and headed to our hotel in Louisville. For most of the day on Thursday, we drove around to the different neighborhoods that she and I had decided we might want to move to. At first we drove around the area east of Pena Blvd. The houses were really nice and in our price range, but they neighborhood was in the middle of no-where, which was a drawback. We then headed over to Stapleton, which is the new housing community that is being built on the old airport. These homes ranged in price from "an arm and a leg" up to "your first born child." They were more expensive and half the size of my current house, plus they are only 5 years into the 20 year construction cycle there. We decided that it didn't make sense to purchase there for that much money and just have to compete with a builder for the next 15 years if we want to sell.
Finally we headed back to the north west side of Denver and drove through the communities of Westminster, Broomfield, Louisville, and Superior. The last two were great places but were on the high side of our price range. We found a lot of great houses on the US-36 corridor in Westminster that would allow me to commute to Buckley quickly, while still being close to Sarah's work.
Friday we took off to Fort Collins to meet up with Doug, Liz, Christina, and Greg. We chilled at Doug's house, grilled some cow, and played card games. The next day we got up and enjoyed the culinary skills of Mr. Blocksma, and eventually headed out to some state park just west of town. I was hoping to try a little rock climbing but there was a competition going on so we just sat around and enjoyed the views.
Of course, all that sitting around made us thirsty, so after departing the park we straight away went to New Belgium Brewing Company for a free tasting. If you are ever in the area, this place is a must stop. The atmosphere is great and the beer is even better. The La Folie sour is fantastic and I wish I could drink more of it.
Like all good things, it eventually came to an end on Sunday and Sarah and I had to part ways again for the next two weeks. I flew home to my soccer game and unfortunately they tied it up at the end of the game off some bogus penalty.
That night the Bishop/Klaiber household headed over to Chris' house for a going away dinner for James as he heads back to New York after 6 months here in ABQ. As always with this crew, good times were had.
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