Golden Days

This weekend we took our first hike with fellow new Coloradans the future Mr. & Mrs. Scotty L. :) (We'll see if I get any comments from posting that!)

We met up in Golden, CO to make the drive to Golden Gate Canyon State Park for a Sunday afternoon hike.  There were only a few hiccups along the way- like... agreeing to meet at Starbucks but going to two different Starbucks locations on Washington Avenue.  Who knew that Golden, CO could have TWO Starbucks on the SAME street?!

Once we made it up to the park we immediately decided we should have brought camping equipment and made use of the camp sites!  But- it's getting cold at night (there was snow on the trail) so we'll add this to our "To Do" list for next summer.  Here's some highlights from the trail...

The second (almost) miss of the day would have been turning around before this beautiful Panoramic Point.  We really need to learn how to read trail maps.  I mean, really, we almost turned around probably 500 feet from the trail stop where we took these pics.  But, we made it...and we made it back to the car safe and sound before dusk.

After the hike we headed back into downtown Golden for a brew.  Scott & Ash recommended this place- Golden City Brewery.  Known as the 2nd largest brewery in Golden :) 

It's in a neighborhood and is required to close at 6:30pm for being in a residential zone!  So, we showed up at about 6:15 and had time to grab one brew and the end of this fabulous local band for some live music.

This place totally reminded me of Chris P.  There was a lot of grandma/cowboy dancin'!

We missed the chili cookoff and the rest of the mini-festival... so we're going to have to plug into the local event calendar before our next visit.

I did get to enjoy their Pumpkin Ale- ummm yum!  It came with cinnamon/nutmeg sprinkled on top.  Definitely the best beer choice of the night if I do say so myself.

Such a good way to wrap up the weekend! 

Here's a little sneek peak to a dinner party at Kar & Abe's....

Yep - McD's hot fudge sundaes, compliments of none other than the future Mr. and Ms. Scott L. They really do know how to contribute to a classy dinner party!