This week, we descend upon Denver

Finally I can talk about this!  For the last week we have been in hiding in the Denver area.  We are here to surprise my 13 year old nephew with a "Passage" ceremony. (See prior posts)

I arrived at 1pm and my nephew Brandon and Bro-in-law David arrived at 11:00pm.  By the time we got to my parent's home in Littleton, and downed the tacos from Del Taco it was 2am local time.  That's 4am our time!  We all agree that this was too late.

On Wednesday David and Brandon attended a graduation for a young man that David and his bride (my sister) Lisa had once cared-for in their in-home daycare center.  We met-up for lunch at a local Mexican food dive called Chubby's where we all scorched our mouths on wonderful burritos.

Later we ran around town looking for something for me to give to my nephew Duncan, then we started for the airport.  We still have a ton of time to kill so we stopped at a place called the Bagel Deli that had been featured on the TV show Diners, Drive Ins & Dives.  That was good, but since my son Seth was planning on joining us for dinner we tried to eat light.  Seth arrived at 8pm after a harrowing day of delays and even a canceled flight.

Now, to explain the photos of us guys with the pirates.  Actually, it's not believable. 

The night ended like the nigh before with the four of us dining around my parents table from bags of fast food fare.  This night it was burgers from Good Times drive through.  Seth and I stayed-up until 2am before Seth finally said something like "So where am I sleeping?"  I said we were bunking in the bedroom at the back of the basement and he said "Where's that?"  It was then that I realized that though my parents had lived in this home for years, it had been 11 years since Seth had been in Denver. I gave him the tour and we were off to bed,