Drink a beer save a monkey

Somehow we managed to find the bar in town that had this beer of which 25% of the proceeds go to saving gorillas.  But I'm getting ahead of myself.

Yesterday we hauled ass to Denver and immediately took showers when we got to the hotel.  The pain from the horrific sunburns aside, the showers were very pleasant and much needed.  Once Amanda and Amanda had arrived and partaken in the glory of having a shower we took full advantage of the hotels free shuttle service and headed to dinner in downtown Denver.

Amanda and Amanda had told us some hilarious stories about their ability to get lost, but for some reason we still decided to follow Amanda and walked a block and a half in the wrong direction before turning around in search of our restaurant.  We had picked out a little pizzeria from Amanda's travel guide and the book didn't let us down.  We had some great pizza and some great cocktails.  The altitude being what it is we got a happy a bit quicker.  Cara, already being a beer deep, was loving life by the time she finished her Bilini (peach nectar, peach liquor, and champagne).

We then went in search of the Wynkoop Brewery for a few drinks and a TV to watch the Washington vs. Georgia game.  We got to the intersection of the street we wanted to be on and the street we had been on and had no idea which way to turn.  Amanda said she thought we should go right so knowing her ability to be wrong with directions we should probably turn left.  I'm not sure why, but we turned right.  It took us three blocks before we found a second street number and realized we were walking the wrong way.  After walking back those three blocks, dodging some creepy lady who Amanda and I skirted past and left Amanda and Cara to deal with, and walking an additional three blocks from our starting point, we found the bar.  It was very chill and very Denver.  The whole place was wood and there was a giant gorilla in the corner.  Our bartender later explained that the gorilla gets more play than he does.

Cara convinced the guy to put the softball game on and we settled into drinks and softball and Cara and Amanda reminiscing about the last four years of their lives spent largely in each others presence.  Amanda of course got the beer that save a gorilla, but it was a cellar beer served at room temperature and really just not her taste - really not any of our tastes.  She still drank the pint.  We called it quits about when the game ended (a little past ten).  Yeah, we're sad and peaced out early, but Cara and I had been up since 4:30AM.  The hotel shuttle came back and picked us up right outside the brewery and we chatted about our road trip, future plans, and the shuttle drivers eligible sons (the youngest of whom hadn't yet graduated from high school, but that shouldn't make him any less appealing she said) on the way back. We went back to the hotel and had a grand time with our whisky from Maker's Mark and the MTV Movie awards replay.

Today we're off to see Denver and tonight... TRIVIA!  Yes, we found a place that has trivia and yes we are going!  The Youngins take Denver!