{"id":15,"date":"2014-06-12T22:04:05","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T22:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svtoucan.com\/svtblog\/?p=15"},"modified":"2014-07-25T19:50:30","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T19:50:30","slug":"rocky-mountain-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/svtoucan.com\/svtblog\/?p=15","title":{"rendered":"Rocky Mountain High"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RMH1\"John Denver sang about them and you see fantastic photos of them so we thought it was time for some Rocky Mountain R&R courtesy of our close friends Ed & Carol Christini . The \u2018Christini Hilton\u2019 is located in Windsor Colorado just north of Denver, and is the perfect spot to kick back, de-stress and enjoy some mountain hospitality before reuniting with Toucan, currently on the hard in Baltimore.<\/p>\n

Carol is renowned for her martinis so the celebrations started as soon as we arrived,and got ever more slurred as the evening wore on! We thought we might be able to catch a break from all the stress leading up to our departure from Oz, but it has a funny way of finding you wherever you are …although we\u2019d pre shipped a mountain of equipment via sea-freight, the agents got the timing wrong and so our freight has beaten us to Baltimore. Not really a problem until you bring customs and officialdom into the picture and suddenly your stress indicators glow red. Many phone calls later we decided that the R&R needed attention so as the old saying goes…..when in Rome etc.<\/p>\n

To Australians all Americans are gun crazy so it was with little wonder that our first R&R ended up at a gun show. Crazy! I have never seen so many hand guns and rifles in the one spot before. I really can\u2019t see how the American government could ever hope to ban or reduce the number of guns that exist in America.<\/p>\n

I just loved the sign as you entered the show but, people really do carry loaded weapons around with them. It\u2019s nearly the norm!!<\/p>\n

\"RMH2\"\"RMH3\"Just couldn\u2019t help it had to add this great photo of a concealed carry system for the ladies. The bottom pouch is called the Kanga carry. A bloke could get a hell of a shock on date night when he went for what he thought was the front opening bra!<\/p>\n

On the way back from our must do gun range practice day we participated in another Colorado ceremony, rocky mountain oysters. A great place named Bruce\u2019s (must be great with a name like that) in the town of Severance is the home of rocky mountain oysters and here you can get bull\u2019s oysters, buffalo oysters and turkey oysters. What a selection I\"RMH4\"hear you say! If you haven\u2019t worked out what these oysters are I won\u2019t spoil it for you. ButI will tell you that they taste like chicken. Why does everything unknown taste like chicken?<\/p>\n

Sadly our week of R& R seemed to pass all too quickly. We certainly enjoyed the mountain hospitality including the large amount of alcohol and food intake and the great company of our friends. I\u2019m sure we should sign into the Betty Ford clinic to detox and deweight but it\u2019s time to head to Baltimore and start on the real part of our adventure. Welcome to America!<\/p>\n

With our great hosts and friends Carol & Ed Christini. Ed & Carol put on a great cook out for our last day in Colorado.<\/p>\n

\"RMH5\"\u00a0\u00a0\"RMH6\"<\/div>\n

No shortage ofwine, food and good friends. Colorado is a great place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John Denver sang about them and you see fantastic photos of them so we thought it was time for some Rocky Mountain R&R courtesy of our close friends Ed & Carol Christini . The \u2018Christini Hilton\u2019 is located in Windsor Colorado just north of Denver, and is the perfect spot to kick back, de-stress and … <\/p>\n

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