knighthawk@131j

For some odd yet welcome circumstance, Aileen happened to have sat, sun and mon (Mem Day) off! Certainly weith the short notice of this occurance and such a busy weekend for most local long weekend type spots several of our options were instantly nixed. I really wanted to hit up The Great Sand Dunes National Monument but aileen and I talked ourselves out of it decidiing to wait for a weekend that may be less crowded there. What we did end up doing was making the beautifully scenic 3hr drive up to Steamboat Springs to enjoy the soothing pools of the Strawberry Springs Natural Hot Springs And enjoy them we did. With the busy schedules we have been living and the next to no time we have had together this was much needed. As expected all the cabins and lodging at the springs were booked , but we managed to get a nice room at The Inn at Steamboat a place I had stayed at in January when I made the trip to the area for some skiing with some friends of mine. A great Place with the Best Continetal Breakfast ever. That is due soley to the Make-your-own Belgian waffle setup Anyway, Our Saturday and Sunday in Steamboat was great and we departed early Sunday morning and made our way to Blackhwak to take in a little bit of Gambling. SInce neither of us are big gamblers and have even gambled in blackhwak much of the day there was visiting several of the casinos to see what the were all about. They all had their own kind of charm but my favorite was probably The Isle of Capri because it most closley resembled a Vegas Style Casino and was the most spacious. The one thing i learned was exactly what kindo of gamling was allowed in this town. Compared to Vegas there were certainly restrictions. As far as Table games were concerend There were poker tables and Blackjack, That’s it. I asked anemployee at one of the casinos and he verified this after our hunt for roulette came to a quick halt. (I wanted to try out my brothers system) Other than that there were thousands of slots and a few video poker machines. Certanily enough to keep the Bussloads of Coloradans charging in every day. So, after an afternoon there and winnings of a mere 20 bucks on Blackjack we figured that was good enough and a good jump on dinner so we headed out around 5:30. We took another scenic route along 6 into Golden Colorado and had dinner at Woody’s Wood fried Pizza. Aileen was in the mood for pizza and I had remembered this place when We visited when my brother and his soon-to-be wife Katie were in town. By far the best Pizza Buffet Ever! We chowed and headed back to Denver. Saw some friends at the snug for an hour and chilled the evening away at home. Monday was relaxing as well, where most of it was spent shopping at the mall. A rare Rany day in denver mde this the perfect thing to do. The evening was spent at a modified semi indoor because of the rain barbecue at a friends place followed by some DDR and Karaoke Revolution A well needed relaxing yet fun weekend!.