Water Everywhere

Day 4 started with another drive. We tried to pack quickly, which was made difficult by the fact that our tent was still wet from last night's downpour. However, we were able to hit the road at a reasonable hour. The drive went well, expect that we didn't take a break as soon as usual so Heather and I had to go to the bathroom. There was a sign for a nature center, so we thought that would be a good place to stop. The sign didn't happen to mention that the center was way up a hill and it took us about 15 minutes to get there. When we finally made it, there was rain pouring down and we had to make a dash through the parking lot. Heather took this picture after the rain stopped. We stayed there for lunch because it was a pretty location and we were hungry.

We made it to Denver, CO and checked into our hotels, then headed downtown for dinner and our scheduled gondola ride.

First, dinner. We ate at Ted's Montana Grill, which Isaac had found online and suggested because they have bison burgers.

I had a huckleberry margarita and a swiss and mushroom bison burger, it was all so good.

Then we walked to the check in spot for Venice on the Creek to take a gondola ride on Cherry Creek.

It was a fun and interesting ride along the creek. One of my favorite parts was the locks; we went in two different locks and it was interesting to experience them in action.

It started raining on us during our ride, but thankfully, they had umbrellas in the gondola.

After our ride, we walked down the street a couple blocks and got rained on as we hurried back.

We made it back to the van just in time, once we started driving the rain really came pouring down.

The freeway and streets were getting flooded and visibility was low. We were glad to make it back to our hotel and get inside.