Colorado - Day Three

Another long (fun) day! We woke up around 6:30am to be dressed and done eating breakfast (again) at Sams #3 by 7:30am so we could be in Idaho Springs by 8:45am. Well, we were there around 8:15am, so I guess traffic isn't an issue on an early Saturday morning in Denver. Oh well.

We headed to Idaho Springs to do the Full Day Advanced run with Clear Creek Rafting Company. This is a white water rafting trip of 19 miles and goes through rapids up to IV/V. We did this same trip two years ago and it seemed tougher then. Either way, the water today was around 40F (they claimed) and it felt every bit of it. We both had wet suits, booties, gloves, splash jacket, life vest, helmet and some other "warm layers" on underneath. Brrrr....




This was over around 2:45pm and we headed back to Denver for a nap and a shower. We decided to eat dinner at Buca Di Beppo. This is an Italian chain that is owned by Italians and the portions are HUGE. The food is good, however, and we left there stuffed.



We walked down to the Tattered Cover and read for an hour or so on one of the couches. We walked back to the hotel with a stop at Gelazzi for some homemade gelato. Yum!

The rest of the night is to chill out and go to bed early. We're beat!