Botanic Gardens

Feeling in a festive mood, we opted to travel to downtown Denver and the Denver Botanic Gardens' Blossoms of Light, a walk-through holiday light display. We arrived less than a half-hour after opening time but after two circles of the parking deck and local streets, we couldn't find a parking spot. So we decided to bail on the festival and go get dinner, settling on Hillstone's. The place was crowded but there was room at the bar so we sat and ate the Flying Chicken Finger Platter (our favorite) while J. R. had a scotch. We drove back out to the Botanic Gardens for one last effort and found open spaces in the parking structure so we parked, bought our tickets and walked through all the twinkling lights before going back to our hotel.