While Nick was in town over the weekend, we did a few other things besides taking him to his first concert.  On Saturday morning we drove back out to the Red Rocks area for a hike along the Dinosaur Ridge.  We started on the side closest to Red Rocks, so we had to hike up and over the ridge to reach the visitors center.  Fortunately, we had decided to pick up sandwiches before our hike, otherwise we wouldn’t have made it.  We ate our sandwiches at the visitors center, looked through the gift shop, and thought about paying $3 per person for a ride back to the car.  We didn’t have enough cash, so we decided to hike back to the car, covering the mile and a half pretty easily once again. 

 

Later in the evening, we took Nick to a Colorado Rapids soccer game along with a few of our friends.  We bought tickets from Groupon a few weeks ago, which gave us VIP tickets and a free shirt.  During the drive to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, the weather became a little questionable.  Fortunately our VIP tickets were about fifteen rows off the field and had a roof over our heads.  During the game there were brief periods of rain but we didn’t get wet at all.  The game itself was fun, though there was no scoring in the first half.  Eventually Colorado scored a goal against the visiting Columbus Crew, and that was all it took for the victory. 

 

Additional pictures can be found on the Hais Family Picasa site.  Nick took most of the pictures that he is not physically a part of.  Here is a slideshow containing all the photos.