Beer, Big City, and Baseball

Jacob and I had our first visitors in our new home this weekend. Scott, Mary Ann, Diana and Sam came for a fun little weekend trip.

They arrived late Friday night, after some minor car issues in Heber (I'm convinced no one should make this drive any more as we all seem to have car trouble when we do). But they arrived safely so all is well. That evening we talked a little about what everyone may want to do the next day and it was decided we should tour one of the many brewery's in town.

So the next morning, after some research, we decided to tour Anheuser Busch. Mostly because New Belgium's tours were full for the day. It was pretty interesting to see the whole brewing process but I think the thing we were all most amazed by was the quantity of beer being made and distributed. The amount of money that place makes is insane. I found it to be a little sad actually. So much beer!

After touring the brewery we made our way to the Big City Burrito for some po-ta-to bur-ri-tos. Such a tasty treat. If you are ever in this area I highly recommend a potato burrito with all the fixings. I'm not sure who decided it would be a good idea to fill a tortilla with fried and seasoned potatoes, topped with salsa, ranch dressing and guacamole, but I thank them for it. Yummy!

And just because no trip to Fort Collins would be complete without a quick stop in Old Town, we went to the Cupboard (the Brunson's favorite shop) and walked a small amount down town. Not small enough for Scott though. He sat on a bench outside and waited for us while we walked.

We then toured the newest WalMart in the area as we gathered much needed snacks for the Rockies vs. Cubs game in Denver. The traffic down there was not the best so we were a few minutes late for the game. But all in all we didn't fare too badly. We missed the first inning but no runs so we were good. And we definitely didn't miss the real action. That happened a little into the game when we were fortunate to round out our evening really seeing the effects of beer.

Jacob and I had been to a Rockies game together before but it was very tame. We realized the real fun of the baseball games are had in "the rockpile." So many intoxicated, heckling, fans. We almost saw a rumble. But instead we just saw the usher, who the hecklers lovingly termed Juaquin because of his lips, flag down the cops to throw out the fans. There were a couple of groups of fans who were a little ridiculous throughout the game and finally became too much when they got in an argument over some thrown peanuts. The hecklers were accused of throwing some nuts at the cubbies fans (or Medusa, as they called the gal with some curly, less than styled, hair) and the cub's fans were throwing 'em right back at the rockies hecklers. Juaquin thought it got out of hand and had them all thrown out. As he was doing that one of the hecklers was seen throwing some peanuts at a gal a few rows in front of him and was arrested right there. Turns out the initial peanut thrown was actually chucked by a guy right in front of us, not one of the hecklers or Medusa crew. Crazy. And I must admit that I was somewhat disappointed in our Police Officer who used some pretty crude language and probably excessive force arresting the silly, peanut-throwing heckler.

I don't remember much about the actual game but I sure was entertained!

Jacob wanted me to point out that this a rare photo indeed as it almost looks like Scott is smiling. Way to go Scotters. We are proud. This pictures was taken long before the fiasco with the cops, by one of the hecklers who escaped getting kicked out because he knew exactly when to stay quite. Thanks Heckler, for a great photo!

So, thanks Sam, Diana, Scott and Mary Ann for coming to visit us and see our new home. We enjoyed having you and hope you will come again soon.

Our door is open to any of you who may want to see lovely Colorado!