Mancation 2012

At Coors Field for Rockies vs Giants!

Giants Fans

Will was named after my favorite baseball player of all time.  Naturally, my Will Clark became a Giants fan.  Uncle Shad put together a boys weekend to see the Giants play the Rockies in Denver.  Shad found the tickets, booked the hotel, flew the plane, and took us on a tour of the city which included seeing the Denver mint.  Will was obsessed with seeing where the money was printed.  One thing about Shad, he is an awesome tour guide.   

Once we checked into the hotel, Sambo was on a mission to eat some ribs and buy a flat brim Giants hat.  After  a quick stop at the Hard Rock Cafe, and 10 or so stores we found a street vendor who had the perfect hats.  Sambo couldn't have been happier.  The game was awesome, and as Will would say; the Giants "extra smoked" the Rockies since the margin of victory was over 10 runs.  It was so fun seeing my boys enjoy something that I really love.  I found them cheering the scoreboard when the speed of the pitch was shown to near 100mph.  I was doing the same thing.  On the way back from the ballpark, Shad stopped by the Cheesecake Factory and treated the boys to a slice of cake.  With bellies full of hotdogs and cheesecake, we waddled back to the hotel for a little shut eye.  The next morning after all the festivities were over, we went to a place called Sams #2 for breakfast.  Shad heard about it from watching one of the Discovery Channel specials.  It was really good!  

After we landed back in Ogden, I asked Wilbur what his favorite part of the weekend was?  In typical William T. Thomas form he responded "I can't believe the chili you ordered on your omelet was only $0.10" 

Thanks Uncle Shad!