It has been a couple of years since we have been to Denver Downs. When we have gone before, the kids were pretty little and took naps. Ahh, those were the days. This trip is not cheap especially when we knew we weren't going to stay for longer than 2 hours. But finally this year, the timing, the weather, and the football traffic all worked out so we could go. I believe that Mark was at the BC game so we met the Penna's. Although still expensive ($12/person), they have added a lot more stuff. Plus, since the kids are older, they can do more. The first thing we had to do was the zip line.
Super fun.
They also did the corn cannon for quite a long time. The (slightly older then my kids) operator was a genius and told the kids that if they went to pick up balls, they could shoot a bunch of them at the same time. Management material right there.
Behind the corn cannon was a "hay maze" which the kids ran around in.
Then James begged me to play....tether ball? They also did this for awhile.
Then we headed to the barn for hay climbing and swinging. James, as it turns out was not good at hay climbing, but Andy was a freaking natural. That is him horizontal on the swing there.
This year also was the first time we had really made it into the famed corn maze.
We found points #1 and #2 and although I really felt pretty good with my navigation skills, got pretty lost on the back half of the maze.
We found a couple more points (not in order) but more importantly, found our way OUT.
After we had enough of good old fashioned, outside dirty fun, we went to Papas and Beers, where James and Andy were introduced to "queso". As an aside, every time I order queso here, I am corrected by the server, "you mean cheese dip?" Um, yes. At any rate, it is delicious.
I still wish they would offer season passes, but this year they did offer a "pass back" pass. We could go back for a discounted price. We actually did and still had a great time...even though we got rained on!
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