Over the weekend of October 25th RSL went to Colorado to play the Rapids in a game that would decide who will go to the playoffs. Amanda and I decided to use some of our timeshare points and get some airline tickets, hotel, and rental car. Since neither of us have spent much time in Denver we decided to go Friday night and come home Sunday night so we could tour a little. As we were finalizing our plans one of my co-workers, Bobby, mentioned he had a lot of friends in the hotel industry and he might be able to get us a better deal. The Renaissance is advertised as the home of the Rapids, which is part of the Marriott chain, so Bobby was able to score us the friends and family discount, $69 a night. As we got to our hotel and checked in we looked at the all glass elevator and who did we see?? None other than Tino Nunez; that's right Tino Nunez, a player for RSL. We found out that we stayed on the floor right beneath the team.
The game was scheduled for Saturday night so we had a whole day to waste. Before we left the hotel for the day we looked at their brochures and saw one for Hammonds candy factory and one for the Denver aquarium that sounded fun. At the candy factory we learned how to make candy and got to sample different pieces throughout the tour. I think Amanda found her new favorite type "horehound" j/k yuck! Here is a picture of my beautiful wife.
She either ate too much candy or is pregnant???
We next decided to go the the Denver aquarium. Due to the time of year they had a Halloween kids fair. We saw everything from cute princesses to little scary monsters. I had heard the aquarium was good, but I didn't expect it to be as amazing as it ended up being. I thought it was the best inland aquarium I have ever been to. Here are a few picts.
A Few of Nemo's Friends
Me feeding a sting ray
The jellies attacking Amanda's head
der! I'm a shark!
Us supporting the team all day
Me helping a street performer
Roar!
The 80's called and the want their neon back!I think someone likes attention
Now we get to the game. Ticket prices at Dick's Sporting Goods Park are so inexpensive compared to Rio Tinto. We ordered tickets just off the mid line, 7th row, right behind our players bench for like $35 a ticket. As the players were warming up I would cheer their names and they would give me a wave or a sign they heard me:) As the game started the Rapids came out strong and got a goal in the 3rd. Luckily they were called offsides. About 10 minutes later the Rapids strike again, this time they are not called off. For about 76 minutes the Rapids controlled the pace, when all of a sudden the ball finds its way to Williams feet, he shoots its blocked, and Movsisyan puts it in. With seconds left in regular time we tie the game which is all we need to do to advance. Here are a couple of shots of the game.
We Won!
We Rushed the sidelines
Our seats
Our biggest section of supporters
We brought the house down
After the game we went back to the hotel and partied with the team. We filled up the front lobby with people till about 2 am.
Sunday we decided to sleep in and go to the reserve game. It was a fairly interesting game. One the Rapids fans reminded me of Rosie O'donnell. She was loud, overweight, and annoying. She kept yapping her big mouth and talked so much trash. Despite her enthusiasm RSL reserves won.
After the game we went to lunch at Casa Bonita. Casa Bonita is the restaurant that the Mayan stole their theme from. They have a waterfall and people who dive from it into a pool. They do more then just diving, they also do little skits like pirate fights or a Tarzan type skit. They also have mariachi that come around. The food was mediocre at best and the entertainment wasn't much better.
Our trip went well, we had a blast, RSL won, and we made it home safe.
