Stay-cation

I am in the middle of two very shortened work weeks! Working Thurs and Fri only for the next 2 weeks, mixed in with some overtime slots for easy payola. We did hope for a Summer trip, but between finding "Shelly-care", Austin having a new job and Cameron wanting to venture with us (hence no Shelly-care), we are postponing the adventure. We still may do both a HS reunion trip to the Valley in October and perhaps an early December trip.

On Sunday, Teri and I enjoyed our first movie out in about a year viewing "Get Smart"--pretty hilarious stuff! Probably a better flick for us older crowd who had a grasp about about the Agent 99 and Maxwell Smart era.

On Monday morning, for the 1st time in 18 months, Cam took me flying for about an hour. Arrived at the airport at 9am and wanted to snap a quick photo and wolah, dead 'fresh' batteries--bummed! Flight was fun, but oh so darn hazy, looked like mini-L.A. from 7,500 feet. It was interesting as his 1976 Cessna had the basic instrument panel, which in the long run will probably make him a better navigator. The ones I flew with him in the past had the latest avionics package which were much more sophisticated, but his plane that he currently trains with is $75 versus his previous rate of $124 in the new ones, so something had to give.

After the flight, Teri and I then ventured out for our 1st visit to Lodos. Great food and elevated, outdoor seating--fun stuff. As you can see from the background in the photo, mountains are 'zeroed' out by the smog!

(For you fashion officianados, it is VERY important to bring together the hat, sunglasses, polo and facial hair--black and gray rock!)

On Tuesday, I aimed to go out and do a 10 mile bike ride, but my adventure took me 25 miles instead. I hopped on a trail I had never ridden and my curiosity kept me going. So, in light of burning 2,000 calories (I gave Teri 1,000 calorie credit), we easily justified heading to downtown Denver's 16th Street Mall to pay the Cheesecake Factory a visit. The absolute best thing on their menu is the grilled shrimp and bacon club sandwich followed by the coconut/vanilla/chocolate crusted cheesecake. Our bodies were quickly restored of their calorie depletion and we headed back home to stay cool for the rest of the day. Essentially, it appears we are taking a simple 'no cook' vacation.

Wednesday, the last day of my first Stay-cation time period was a day of chilling. Teri had a mid-afternoon Dr's appointment, so couldn't make any huge plans. We continued our pattern of eating lunch out thus eliminating the need for home-prepped dinners. We both had a rare craving for Chinese, so we ventured out to the authentic Panda Express, waited on by Juanita and Maria, of course. Ya gotta luv it--but for the price and taste, it is a decent value. I went down memory lane after lunch and went for a swim at our old subdivision pool . This is where both boys had their swimming lessons, many a sunburn, Cam's bike got stolen, great free July 4th picnics, etc. BUT, we don't miss the subdivision at all.

Back to the grind tomorrow...all be it, only 2 days...