Comments on: Plan: Awesome Summer

by: Lee

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 03:40:58 +0000

*Hammocks. Let’s not forget about hammocks! (But do let’s forget about the times we’ve launched ourselves at hammocks, miscalibrated our velocity and flipped all the way around. Yep, got a scar on my knee. Good times!) Bonus: Joe’s parents could help him make one from scratch!

*Celing fans. And fans with rotating heads. No other way to sleep during the summer. Ooo, and sleeping outdoors! (I suppose drinking could be involved in that, too.)

*Sun tea. I don’t care that some stuffy health people say it’s bad to leave tea out to brew in the sun. Those people are not your friends, because they don’t want you to have any fun.

*Walking around with bare feet.

But the biggest element missing from the list of elements necessary for a good porch is a swing. All porches should have swings. Oh, hey! That reminds me:

*Tire swings! Especially the tire swings next to lakes that you can use to launch yourself into the water.

by: Jen

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:15:29 +0000

*Outdoor concerts: there is nothing quite like a sunny day where you have to squint to see the stage while holding a container of some sort that is hiding an alcoholic beverage inside. The scenario seems like a college flashback, but reliving your youth is also what summer is about.
*Flip flops: fashion is important, even in the summer. Flip flops always put me in a casual mood which is what summer represants. You also seem to be really excited when you don’t have to wear shoes, so flip flops definitely need to be part of the plans.
Side note- some of the best fireworks I’ve seen have been in Colorado.

by: sarah

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:11:47 +0000

Other possible ingredients to increase awesomeness:

*seasonal baking. Example: berry picking followed by pie making. Also, key lime pie. Not that we can pick limes in Colorado, but key lime pie is delicious and summer-related.

*Summer sports: frisbee and miniature golf come to mind immediately.

*afternoon drinking (can be combined with aforementioned porch). Also, did you know that it’s legal to drink in the parks in Denver?

*Also, my car has a sun roof.

I hate winter.

-Sarah

by: laura

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:35:57 +0000

F-I-R-E-W-O-R-K-S. From your front porch.
Not just necessary for an Awesome Summer, but necessary for Awesome (fill in the blank: New Year’s Eve, Birthday, July 4, Labor Day, Just Back from South Carolina Where They Sell Awesome Fireworks).

And Joe, your Denver Summer may be Awesome, but it won’t be as Hot as a North Carolina Summer.

That said, I’m ready for summer anywhere.

by: Tammy O.

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:18:22 +0000

The Clayton Manor boasts the finest porch in the downtown Denver area… The Manor also hosts funbelievable summertime watergun fights and backyard movies (film projection on to our back porch + popcorn + beer + comfy chairs = awesomeriffic). For our last summer here, we are planning to kick it up a notch, too.

Road Trip Suggestions:
Close-ish: Manitou Springs Penny Arcade
Middle distance-ish: Bishop Castle, May Natural History Museum of the Tropics (locals just call it the ‘Bug Museum’)
Long-ish: Great Sand Dunes

Tops on my list this year: Mesa Verde, Best Western Movie Manor Inn (drive-in movie motel!)

30 Helens agree: summer is unbelievably awesome.