Rushing Down the Platte

This week Dan worked his first 24hour shift since we've been married. 7am Tuesday to 7am Wednesday. Wednesday proved to be a very beautiful and VERY hot day so we decided to go downtown to the Platte River and go tubing. Unfortunately we weren't able to get the tubes but we went anyway.

Are you wondering what the Chic-fil-A thing is about? Well, as we were going down Alemeda, we saw some guys standing by the side of the road advertising free spicy Chic-fil-A sandwiches. Dan yanked the car into the right lane and we found a little booth in the parking lot of a bank and sure enough, they were handing out free sandwiches...AND free coupons with each of them to go get another sandwich (free) at the restaurant! Hey! It's free lunch! We put the sandwiches in the dash to keep warm by the sun and went on our merry way downtown.

So this part of the river is man-made rapids. The big brick building in the next picture is an outdoor outfitting store and they use this part of the river to test kayaks and such. But, on a hot summer day the area is full of people looking for some free fun. Many were rafting down on tubes or (as pictured below) on their backs!

Dan starting out

There he goes!!

No, I'm not choking him. ;)

It was the perfect thing for a hot day...the cool water was so refreshing! I think I got a little sunburned though! Colorado sun is intense! It was good to get the ol' swimsuit out again and enjoy some sunshine. In Francesville and in Haiti a lot of time was spent in the water! I was reminded how much I miss it! Next on our list is taking out his parents canoe! :)

A Lovely Morning

What were the components of my lovely morning?

1) My mother-in-law

2) Garage sales

3) Bargain books :)

4) Coffee and a cinnamon roll biscuit

5) Good conversation

How did they combine?

Well, Mom and I headed out about 8:45ish to find some bargains...me toting my one dollar bill and $4.50 in quarters! After hitting a few spots we found ourselves in a Jewish part of town. Let me tell you, those houses in that area are BEAUTIFUL! We found a little cafe of sorts and decided to stop in and see what they had. What we found was delicious! The specialize in biscuits and we shared the cinnamon roll version. Mom settled in with an Amercano coffee and I with their "dangerous monkey." YUM! We found a couple more garage sales where mom bought a super cheap aluminum camera tripod in great condition for someone at Singing Hills.

Speaking of the place, that's where we went next for a quick stop. While Mom finished up some stuff there I hopped into the world of "An American Peeress" by H. C. Chatfield-Taylor...one of the books I bought. Oh, by the way, most of the books I bought today were from the late 1800's! :)

After Singing Hills, we were off to more garage sales...we didn't really find much and decided to call it a day. And what a day it was!