Meeting up with a long lost friend
Dar got an email from her good friend Glen. It’s hard to believe it’s been over six years since we’ve seen him last. Another lifetime ago (a.k.a. before we had kids), Glen was working in London and paid for us come over two years in a row. The first year, 1996, we floated down the Nile in Egypt and saw pyramids and tombs and world wonders. The next year we did Venice, the Austrian Alps, and Lake Como in Italy. And both times we got to spend some quality time in the great city of London. Yeah… we wouldn’t be world travelers at all without Glen’s generosity.
We finally got to see Glen again when he came to Denver on business last week. Seems he’s been filling up his time founding companies, contracting with the US Navy to update all of their naval bases, having personal meetings with the Secretary of Defense… mundane stuff like that. Fascinating stuff, actually, and Glen’s a really great, down-to-earth guy to boot. We met up at Denver’s Aquarium, the facility that was raised from the ashes of insolvency by the Landry’s people. At the restaurant part of the facility, the ambiance was great… the food and service was just OK.
If you’re curious who the extra kid is, Bria brought along her friend Bailey. After the meal, we headed over to the Aquarium. We hadn’t been back since 2001, and we re-discovered just how cool of a place it is. The only bummer was that the amazing swimming tigers were all bedded down for the night.
Here’s Logan posing with Colorado’s state fish, the native Cutthroat Brown Trout.
Caden scopes out a 180 degree view of being with the fish.
After we saw the exhibits, and while the adults chatted, the kids played around with the stingrays and sharks.
By 10pm, we shut the place down, chatted some more outside. And promised not to wait another six years until we saw each other again.
August 21st, 2007 at 8:34 am
Glen forwarded your email to me. It was great to see you guys. I am sorry we live so far apart because I have such fond memories of our short time together. Especially the vacation video and Yodal Bear. Our kids are now both off to college and the house is really quiet with out them and Jeff. I am looking forward to his return in November. Now that Glen is going to have some “digs” in Denver we hopefully will be that way and see you in the future.
Take care, Dale