Early Birthday Present

So many of you know that in March I will be going with Emily, Brett and Hannah to see The Avett Brothers in Wichita, which I am so excited for! The Orpheum will be such a great venue to see a band like them. It will almost be perfect. However, ever since I saw Incubus play at Red Rocks Ampitheater outside of Denver I have wanted to go to another show there. If you haven't ever been there or seen pictures of this place, please check it out. It is probably the most beautiful venue I have ever seen, rivaling Royal Albert Hall.

Of course when I saw The Avett Brothers were playing Red Rocks I immediately asked Emily if she wanted to go see them again (knowing full well that she wouldn't say no to that question) and then started planning the trip. But I also knew that my parents enjoy The Avetts as much as I do so I asked them to go as well. And to make a long story short, the four of us are going to see the concert at the end of June for my birthday! We are going to stay in Fort Collins with Andy and Sherri one night to see their family because we don't get to see their kids very often.

The day of the show we are going to travel through Big Thompson Canyon up to Estes Park, into Rocky Mountain National Park and over Trail Ridge Road into Grand Lake, shop a little, travel up through Winter Park, Berthoud Pass, down through Idaho Springs, and then come out of the mountains right at Red Rocks, just in time for the show! My goodness doesn't that sound amazing? Just to make my mom even more happy, we got a hotel about five minutes from Colorado Mills Shopping Center, which is host to one of the biggest Eddie Bauer Outlet stores. I really know how to convince them to go on a trip! So that is my good news of the evening. I hope everyone is having a spectacular weekend.