Today was the day of our home inspection, which means we had to jump ship (pun intended) and kill 4-5 hours away from here. We planned on going to the Wild Animal Sanctuary but as we woke up to a rather cold, dreary and rainy morning, we decided to do something indoors instead. So we hopped in the car and headed out to a delicious breakfast at the Walnut Cafe followed by a visit to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
We were pleasantly surprised when we pulled into the parking lot of the museum an hour later that it didn't seem terribly crowded...well that was shot as soon as we walked in. There were tons of little humans and big humans running around, screaming, crying, making a fuss...it was like a zoo. We got our tickets and headed through the first part of the museum; planetary stuff! We didn't linger long because we were really there for one thing; The Mythical Creatures Exhibit.
Some of you may know this and others of you may not, but we are SUPER NERDS about mythical creatures. We are obsessed with fantasy books geared for "young adults" and would be happy in a world with dragons, krakens, big foot, unicorns and of course the Loch Ness Monster!
So we spent the morning learning about how all these creatures came to be; through folklore, through the inuit tribes of the past, through misconception or simply through intriguing storytelling; but it was pretty fascinating that in ancient times, people took these stories to heart causing mythical creatures to take on a literal form. People actually believed they were real. The creature with the most "realistic" potential of existence was the Sasquatch. This is the only primate that they can actually prove to exist 300,000 years ago all over the globe (pretty freaky!!!)
After a 'short' 3 hours we meandered through prehistoric "dino" lands, minerals and gems of the southwest and wildlife / bird dioramas for another hour. Afterwards we decided to drive over to a nearby park and hang out, eat snacks and soak in the scenery. Because it was pretty frigid by this point, we hung out in the car drinking tea and eating homemade pretzels. But it was super nostalgic because it was at this exact same park that Jake and I used to come every weekend when we first moved to Colorado 10 years ago. It was pretty fun going back to the same park right before we plan to leave this amazing place and actually made me feel a little choked up about leaving at all.
We headed back home in the hopes that our house inspection went well and that we can be on our way to the new adventure (ANY MINUTE NOW!!!). Until then all we can do is wait.
In other news, we are officially BOAT OWNERS today!
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