Wait, did you read that right? Did I put the word "rain" in a title?! Yes, you did my friends, we have finally gotten some relief here in Colorado. Apparently they are now calling it monsoon season? Whatever, it put out the fires. Flash floods now you say? Meh, we needed the moisture. Most of the time when we get blessed with summer showers they last 20 minutes or so then our sun and blue skies make an appearance again. But every once in a while we get those all day and night showers that remind me of Illinois (and I kind of miss). Except when I am outside during the duration.
We had tickets to go see a band called String Cheese Incident that my husband really likes, and I can get on board with their grooviness too. Plus the show was at the very best venue to see such shows, Red Rocks Ampitheater. The best place unless it is raining, course. We got there a couple hours early in true summer concert spirit in order to enjoy the parking lot a bit. And don our rain gear.
How cute is Amy in her banana suit?
Eric is very excited to be drinking a New Glarus beer, driven back from WI by a couple of our friends.
Hooray for hoods and umbrellas, my hair still looks pretty good at this point.
Since there is a statewide fire ban and, well, it was raining, our tailgating really just consisted of pre-show drinks as we couldn't grill out :( But good friends and good beer made it worthwhile. Then it was time to make the hike to the gate. The good thing about Red Rocks is that you are forced to get some cardio in if you want to go to the show. Here are some shots of our journey.
This is kind of out of order, but Shawn (desert camo rainsuit on the left) was our savior that day. He whipped out the banana suit when Amy forgot her raincoat and then produced a spare pair of sandals later in the night when Eric blew out a flip flop. Thanks Shawn!!
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| About this time I was cursing my flip flops, though grateful that I didn't have wet socks. |
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| Nice incline |
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| We all made it! |
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Once inside I never get over the natural beauty of this place, who wouldn't want to play an awesome concert when these are the views?
The band played a high energy show with lots of great lights. We all danced out tooshes off (especially since your toosh would get even wetter if you sat down!) and had a great time.
Still in good spirits at the end of the night, and wet.
Did I mention it was raining? Well, my pants were still wet the next morning in case I needed reminding. Thanks String Cheese for making the best of it, I know we have never been happier to spend the evening getting rained on.
And I don't even have a cool story of how it happened. I was just walking in from the backyard and mid step smashed my toe into the leg of a chair. It smarted like crazy for a bit and then was just tender. Until I tried to put shoes on this morning. Holy Cow. And now it is turning a lovely shade of purple/red. Eric told me to go to urgent care of course but I decided that they would just tell me to ice, elevate, ibuprofen, and stay off it, so I will keep my $40 urgent care copay thank you very much. Not sure how work will go tomorrow though since, you know, I've actually got to put on shoes.
How cute is Amy in her banana suit?
Eric is very excited to be drinking a New Glarus beer, driven back from WI by a couple of our friends. 
This is kind of out of order, but Shawn (desert camo rainsuit on the left) was our savior that day. He whipped out the banana suit when Amy forgot her raincoat and then produced a spare pair of sandals later in the night when Eric blew out a flip flop. Thanks Shawn!!
The band played a high energy show with lots of great lights. We all danced out tooshes off (especially since your toosh would get even wetter if you sat down!) and had a great time.
Did I mention it was raining? Well, my pants were still wet the next morning in case I needed reminding. Thanks String Cheese for making the best of it, I know we have never been happier to spend the evening getting rained on. 
