Mom (Grandma Lois) and Karren (Grandma Karren) joined LeAnn on a trip to visit Mariah at University of Denver. Karren and LeAnn left from Mpls on an early morning flight to Denver and Mom headed out of Phoenix to meet up with us at the Denver Intl. Airport. We rented a car so we could get around the area for the weekend.
We went to the DU campus first to see Mariah. All of us were hungry so Mariah suggested we go to the restaurant “Snooze”. The first restaurant was opened in 2006 by two brothers who were students of the University of Denver. They now have 4 locations in Colorado which feature breakfast items and are open from early morning until 2:30 pm. The lines are long since it is a favorite place for the younger crowd.
After our hearty breakfast meal, we headed back to DU for a campus tour. The weather was warm, but there were still some remains of snow. Mariah showed us some of the buildings where she takes classes, we checked out the book store, and of course her dorm. Both Grandmas’ were very impressed with the campus, the beautiful buildings, and all that the university has to offer the students. We also had tickets for the hockey game on Friday night. Unfortunately, the Pioneers lost 3-2 to Michigan Tech.
On Saturday, we had lunch at Panera on Colorado Blvd., and then headed up to Boulder about an hour north of Denver. Mariah had heard that Celestial Seasonings gives tours; so we headed there where we could also sample many kinds of tea. Since it was Saturday, the production lines were not in operation, but it was still a very interesting tour. They took us to one room that had a garage door that is to remain shut all the time. They store peppermint, spearmint, and mint leaves in this room and when we went into the room our eyes started to water, so we could only spend a few minutes in the room. We ended the tour in the gift shop and purchased several different types of teas to bring home.
We drove to the Pearl Street Mall which is a four block pedestrian mall with many locally owned shops and restaurants. You can do a lot of people watching…there was a guy juggling fire and knives, a man in a straight jacket and chains, a contortionist, and lots of musicians. After spending a couple hours at Pearl Street Mall, we headed back to Denver and had dinner at the Blue Bennett – a Mexican restaurant. We took Mariah back to her dorm and then we made our way back to the Holiday Inn.
Sunday we got up early so we could take Mariah shopping for some incidentals. We had to watch our time as we had to head to the airport by 1:00 pm. Mariah had another good idea for a restaurant for brunch…the 730 South Grill. And then of course we needed dessert – a quick run to Yogurtland before dropping Mariah back off at campus.
Mom’s flight left at 5:00 pm, so we were able to take her to the gate and say goodbye. Karren and I walked to our gate which was only 4 gates away from Mom’s gate; very convenient for all of us. We had heard that the weather in Mpls was bad because of a snow storm; they had canceled the afternoon flights except our flight. Unfortunately, after a few delays, our flight was finally canceled. We had to arrange for a hotel near the airport and were able to get on a 7:00 am flight the next day. They had originally said that we wouldn’t be able to get out on a flight until Wednesday. We all had a really good time spending the weekend together.
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