Monday, August 11, 2008

Rocky Mountain Vay-Cay Days 9 & 10: Coors Brewery and Coors Field


Once we departed Rocky Mountain National Park we headed for a very magical place - Coors Brewery!

We took a fabulous, self-guided tour and learned a ton about where beer comes from. Furthermore, Coors told us all about its generous contributions to society - how kind!

Did you know that Coors gives the yeast leftover from the brewing process to Purina make catfood? True! Did you know the Adolf Coors insisted upon aluminum cans which were both recycleable and didn't have the yucky metal taste old cans had? True! Did you really need more reason to drink Coors Light and Blue Moon? Probably not.

After the tour we sped over to Denver and strolled to Coors Field to see the Rockies take on the Padres. Despite a mild rain delay our $4 tickets turned out to be perfectly delightful. We sat in the cheap seat, called the Rockpile. It's actually just like Wrigley's bleachers and we did not have to sit on rocks. What a relief!

The next day we departed for home... but before we arrived in the Land of Lincoln we had to make it through Iowa...

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