We left Vail around 9 am and headed for Denver. Around 11 we pulled into Elways in Cherry Creek for some lunch before the big game. Meanwhile Scott and Ty were playing away in the mountains. After lunch we drove to the stadium and walked over to our friends tailgate party. The boys were looking to meet up with two girls from their class but their dad wanted to go straight into the stadium. So bowing to kids hormones, us two dads took our boys in as well. Then we had to walk about as far away as we could from our seats to meet the girls as they were on the total opposite of the stadium. They visited for about 5 minutes and then we walked all the way back to the West Side and our seats.
The game was non stop action. There was a lot of purple in the stands meaning tons of Minnesota fans. In the end though, we made another great play in the 4th quarter to win the game. During the game there was lots of banter back and forth between Bronco and Minnesota fans. Inn particular we had 3 purple fans 3 rows ahead of us. The guys behind us are relentless and were razzing them all game long and the kids in purple kept pushing back and asking for it. One memorable line from Chris behind us to one guy was, now follow closely,
“I’m gonna make you kiss him (telling the guy on the right he’s going to have to kiss the guy in the middle) and you (meaning the 3rd guy) is gonna watch and you’re all gonna like it. Then I’m gonna take a picture and send it to your sister and she’s gonna break up with you!” No one could stop laughing for about 10 minutes including the kids from Minnesota.
Next up a girl in Bronco gear was walking up the aisle with her boyfriend in purple behind her. He told her “hey, I don’t know if you know it but there’s this creepy guy in purple following you”.
Stuff like this went on all game and not just from our rows but all around us as Bronco fans are pretty committed. In the end though everyone walked out of the stadium with no hard feelings, I think, hmm.
We then made it to the car pretty quick and by 6:10 were in West Denver stopping for some mexican food. At 6:30 we hit the highway and were home by 8 pm. That was it for the day.
This morning Lori has to be at work at 7 as she’s giving a tour of the research institute to some high rollers or something. This is where they do all kinds of advanced research including operating on cadavers to develop new techniques and procedures to cure certain maladies. Her goal is to solicit donations in the $100,000 and up range. So I’ll be taking the boys to school around 7:45 meaning time to get them up. We have a busy week with lots going on. That’s about it and oh yea, the Packers won too so my Mom is happy. God Bless.