Family Visit

As I mentioned in my last post, my family (well, my brother and mom) came to visit Golden, CO this weekend and play "Pimp My Crib" with my apartment. :P Jeremy flew in for less than 24 hours to hang out, go to dinner, and accompany us on our day of hiking and whatever else we had time to do. First we drove up to the top of Lookout Mountain at night. I may have scared everyone with my hairpin turns and downshifting, but my mom was freaked out on a stop overlooking the lights of Golden and Denver when Jeremy ventured out to chill on some overlooking rocks. I was advised, in short, not to ever take my grandma up to Lookout Mountain, night time or day time. We recouped on Jeremy's porch and all was well.

Next was a hike on Saturday morning to Panorama Point in Golden Gate Canyon State Park. This was the first hike Jeremy took me on in Colorado and, since we weren't going all the way to the mountains, it offers a spectacular view of them instead. Because of this, that's the hike I picked for my mom and Vin. It started raining shortly after we had our fill of the view at Panorama Point, and when the rain landed it turned to ice. Ridiculous. Pictures below:






Next up we went to the batting cages because I knew it would be fun for Vin. Turns out my mom used to play softball in college. I think I knew that, but Jeremy's prediction that she'd show me up was fulfilled. Jeremy and Vin also challenged each other to a racing duel with the clear winner being Jeremy. While none of the unusual, unscrupulous means can be cited for the win, interesting, natural methods of distraction were employed. ;)

Soon it was time to take Jeremy back to work and we all went to The Market in downtown Denver for lunch. After that was the hotel, then REI, then ice cream in downtown Golden, a walk down Clear Creek and finally rest, showers, and a movie.

Today was pretty chill: donuts, finishing touches, more walking and D'Deli while we watched kayakers.



:)