#6 Denver Museum of Nature and Science

May 19, 2018. 

This adventure was supposed to be the Denver Zoo but because of a cold, windy and rainy day it became the museum. This was my first visit to the museum in ages and probably a middle school field trip was the last time. 

That morning I had to get up rather early to make it at 9 AM to meet the rest of the family and I slept most of the car ride. When we were there we got to check out the space section which I enjoyed quite a bit seeing the planets, moons and space station displays and so forth. We also saw the Colorado animal displays, the African animal displays.  I was also interested in seeing the creatures of light display. Inside of it was okay, but not as exciting as it sounded. It was still all right to see the jellyfish, fish and various other creatures. I also enjoyed the gems and minerals area and I think it was the same as it was years ago. 

 

But my favorite part I think were the dinosaurs which I’ve always been interested in. After we saw this and even though there was so much more to see we left to go have lunch at the Blue Bonnet Cafe. 

Although we missed out on the zoo we had quite the day and I had a lot of fun spending time with my family at the museum as well as lunch. The zoo will have to wait for another day.

#5 University of Northern Colorado baseball game

May 5, 2018 

 

On a Saturday and on Cinco de Mayo my dad and I headed to Greeley for my first University of Northern Colorado and Division I college baseball game. The UNC Bears were playing the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The day was in the 70s and was hot in the sun, but a bit chilly when it was cloudy and a little breezy. We arrived a little bit early for a 2 o’clock game to a basically empty parking lot and we parked. They have free admission so we went through the gate 

and we found a table that had a pile of roster/stat sheets which were under a rock.  Then we found a place for me to park with room next to me for dad and his lawn chair.  The only problem was there was a bar on the fence that was in the wrong spot but I could line it up with the catcher’s knees.  If I couldn’t see the ball or if it was under the bar it had to be a ball. We were also near the UNC dugout and it was interesting watching the coaches, all four of them send signs in and signal various things. A lot of the time it was to the catcher on just about every pitch then the catcher would read his wristband and give signs to the pitcher. I figured out I’m not very good at stealing signs apparently but enjoyed watching all that.  The game started out not so good for the Bears as they went down three to nothing quick but scored two in the bottom of the first. Then an odd thing happened when a UNC player broke his metal bat down by the handle. The umpires grabbed the bat and then got together to discuss it.  Then one of them took the bat off the field and the UNC coach pointed somewhere near the dugout and put the bat there to keep it for later. Eventually UNC tied it up and in the fifth inning took a 6 to 3 lead.  In the seventh-inning the catcher from Texas was called for catcher interference and probably broke his hand while doing it as he got hit by the bat and had to leave the game.  In the eighth the University of Texas had the bases-loaded when the UNC coach went to the mound and talked to the pitcher and then the pitcher struck out the next batter and kept the lead. In the ninth-inning UNC was still ahead 6 to 4. The first batter struck out making it five strikeouts so all the fans (all 120 of them) got a coupon for five free wings.  Then we had dinner plans.  After two more outs the UNC Bears won the game 6 to 4! Then we headed to our favorite wing place Wing Shack for our free wings.

 This was a great day as we had fun at the game and then went and got chicken wings. You can’t do much better than that for a great day.

#4 Hawaiian food in Mesa Arizona and Windsor Colorado

I have never really had Hawaiian food before and was interested in trying it out. I’ve had Korean Bulgogi before but wasn’t sure how it compared to the Hawaiian version.  So I figured it would make for a good adventure.

Attempt 1

March 16, 2018  Aloha Kitchen in Mesa Arizona which was seen on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and has very good reviews  

 I decided to get Mix Plate #2 which was Bulgogi and Chicken Katsu this came with two scoops of white rice, macaroni salad and barbecue sauce for the Katsu chicken.  I thought the Bulgogi tasted okay, but it didn’t seem like it was very seasoned or marinated, just basically grilled meat. This was also very tough and hard to chew especially for me when I can’t chew very well. The Chicken Katsu was cut into strips and was perfect for me because it was easy to eat.  The outside breading was nice and crispy and the barbecue sauce with it was good, but it just tasted like a regular barbecue sauce not anything very different. The rice was plain as expected but okay.  The macaroni salad was all right and it also had potatoes in it which I don’t know if that’s normal or not but I thought it was the best part of it. Also on the plate was a little piece of pineapple which was good and I wish there would’ve been more of it. They also had fortune cookies I don’t know if that’s normal either and that was my first attempt at Hawaiian food.

Attempt 2

 

 March 29, 2018 Okole Maluna Hawaiian Grill in Windsor Colorado 

This place has a very high rating and a friend suggested we go there. I wanted to try something different than I had my first attempt and after bit of a look at the menu 

I decided on the Kalua pork sandwich with spicy garlic fries. The pork was basically pulled pork and I thought it was okay but nothing too special and it seemed like it needed some barbecue sauce.  Also the hoagie roll was burnt so that didn’t help much. The fries I thought were very good, but a bit spicy and they didn’t hold back on the garlic. 

My two attempts at Hawaiian food didn’t excite me too much but I was glad I tried it out.   

I think I’ll stick to Canadian bacon and pineapple pizza for my Hawaiian food.