Road Trip

McKims and Goldsmiths take a road trip to Boulder! Headed out in the cold rain around noon Friday after Donnie finished checking eyeballs (he's an eye doc). Luckily Diana brought deer sausage and cheese so we didn't have to stop to eat. We made good time!

We stopped at a gas station about 7:30 PM, and it was time for a drink - Donnie was driving by then as we drove into Boulder and made our way into the Millenium (I called it Millenium Falcon - you may recall that's the name of the airship on Star Wars). It was a large older motel, rambling and huge. The rooms were okay. We found the bar right away, as we got credit with our room for $100 for drinks and food. Shazam!

Service wasn't the greatest in the bar, but we made sure to get both. Several drinks, wings and a wrap later I poured myself into bed. I made sure to take my migraine med so I didn't suffer from a giant headache hangover the next day. I needed to tailgate! We got up and ate breakfast in the motel (we still had more credit to use up dammit) along with lots of other Clone fans.

Then we headed out to the tailgate party in the grassy knoll - with our fellow Iowa State University Alumni and friends. They were serving Bloody Marys, beer, other mixed drinks and breakfast burritos. The place was rockin' with a huge flat screen TV featuring the Iowa game at Northwestern. Hawks were losin'. yay! Amy showed up - fresh from her ride on the bus from Denver. So fun to see her! I fixed her right up with a Clone jacket. Her dad got her a drink and a breakfast burrito (and some cash).

Amy took off to tailgate with her buddies and we talked with other Clones including star player Jake Knott's mom and her sis. Soon it was time to head to the game - only a short walk on a scenic sidewalk to Folsom Field. We tracked down our tickets and headed into the stadium after checking out the Buff statue and recycle bins. We walked through a field house that looked suspiciously like ISU's Amory where I took Riflery back in 1979. We found our seats in the 15th row amongst lots of Cyclone Fans - saw my buddy and co-worker Becky. Then Amy and roommate Carrie stopped by.

Ralphie the live buffalo tethered by several handlers led the Colorado team into the stadium. It was quite the show. Unfortunately the game wasn't. The Cyclones had a Husker Hangover. Ick. Icky Ick. They were bad. We gave ourselves a half hour to pout. Then we were over it. After the game we went back to the hotel for some additional coupon redemption - we had a total of $400 between the 4 of us to use in 2 days and we were up to the challege! It was only 4 PM so we took a break to shop so we didn't turn into total lushes drinking straight through the night. We ended by eating in the bar again (surprise) with a couple from Lenox, Iowa.

The next day we hit the road jack. Nine hours back to Ioway - Donnie and Pablo driving Dee and Leslie. A good trip was had by all. ('cept for the game part)