I saw them...and it was fantastic!

Several groups from my jr. high and high school years have been out on tour recently. A friend of mine was very excited to spend an evening at a Bon Jovi concert not too long ago. And, I would have enjoyed that too I'm sure. However, the group I was obsessed with..I mean into in jr. high and honestly most of the way through high school was made up of five guys from Boston...yes folks, I'm talking about the New Kids on the Block!

The picture was taken on my camera phone, from the 11th row.

I was home the morning they announced the reunion tour - I had a CPR class in BV that afternoon, so took the whole day off. I'll admit, I even squeeled a little when I found out they were going to be doing a concert in my area. And, I really wanted to go, but never bought tickets. Then the week of the show rolls around and friends back home saw them in Omaha and loved it.

As luck would have it, for maybe the second time in my whole life, I won something from a radio station - a pair of tickets to see the New Kids on Friday night. Thank goodness I didn't know until Friday that I was going, or the anticipation might have killed me.

The tickets were way in the back - but I was at the show. Turns out once we left our seats to get some drinks before the show, we'd never return. Tash has a little rebel in her and she managed to sneak us down onto the floor where we enjoyed the show from the 11th row :)

It was almost like a time machine - the place was packed with late 20's-mid 30's women, all decked out in their NKOTB wear, toting the action figure dolls and everything. It felt like mom should have dropped us off at the door.

So the show was amazing! They're still hot - I think even moreso than before. :) And now my ears have quit ringing and my voice is almost back to normal.

Bighorn Sheep

Yesterday, I went up to Estes Park for the afternoon. While in Estes, my friend and I got a craving for Runza...mostly because we knew there was one within less than 50 miles of us...down the Big Thompson Canyon in Loveland.

As if driving the Big Thompson Canyon wasn't treat enough...check out what we saw before we got to Drake...

And a close up* too...

*The close up was taken from the safety of my car - just like all the other picutres I took. No matter how badly I wanted to get a better close up, I knew better...Though I'm amazed by the number of people who don't...

Case in point...