Colorado 2012-Day 1

My alarm went off at 5 a.m. I didn't get to go to bed until about midnight the night before. I haven't been on a plane since I flew to Missoula, MT to bring Fitzy home. I was very excited to have the opportunity again. Grandma got there about 6:30 and we didn't leave until about 7. We piled in her van and off to SeaTac we went. It didn't take us long and we got there with time to spare. We checked our bags and went through security and down to our departure gate, B12. We sat there for a few min watching the news about the deadly tornadoes that ripped through Southern Illinois and the surrounding states. Then it started snowing outside the terminal. I used the bathroom one more time before we got on the plane so I wouldn't have to get up during the flight. We boarded and because everyone wanted a window seat and it was general admission, we all sat at a window. Mom and dad sat two rows ahead of me. The take off is the best part. I sat next to a lady who kept very quiet and to herself the entire flight. I did offer her a piece of gum and she kindly accepted. I stared out the window when there wasn't cloud cover and read my book I brought with me. We started to descend into Denver.



I had no idea the airport was out in the middle of nowhere, 10 miles from anything. When I was here back in 2006 with my fastpitch team, I didn't really pay attention to my surroundings. People take forever to get off the plane. We got off the plane and made our way to the retrieve our luggage. We had to take a underground train system to the terminal. It was pretty cool. Erika met us at the entrance of the arrivals, said hi, people went potty and off to the luggage we go. It was very quick. Our bags were one of the first on the carousel. Then we had to hike to her car. It was a beautiful day in Denver. A sunny, cloudless sky of a high around 55. We were all hungry so we decided chicken was the best bet. I haven't been to a Chick-Fil-A since I was in West Virginia, so it was very exciting to go again. Erika wanted to go to the mall to pet puppies so we did that for a while. Then just walked around the mall. We went to Walmart to get some groceries and then went to her apartment. It was almost time to head down to the Leap Day event in Greenwood Village, Co, and mom decided to go with me. The GPS avoided the rush hour traffic on I-25. We arrived just on time to the restaurant the event was hosted at. We met a bunch of local geocachers, discovered and swapped coins and TB's and I even added one more coin to my collection. I got my first geocache in Colorado!



We found five more after the event on the way back to Erika's. We brought them KFC to munch on, we all got ready for bed. Tomorrow: Colorado Springs.