Then on 5th, Joe and I went to the NFL season opener, Broncos vs. Ravens! I had decided for my birthday I wanted to go to a Broncos game, and since the game was on a Thursday, I did everything I could to get tickets. We tried to get tickets right when they went on sale, but seeing how there are so many season ticket holders, we didn't get them. But 2 hours after they put out full price tickets, they are obligated to release 2000 half price tickets for each game. With Joe and I each at a computer and trying to call on the phone, I got a pair! I was so excited, I felt like I had won the lottery, and in a sense we had! So we got to go. It rained on us some, but it was still a blast-something I would do again, but not for every game.
This is what it looked like from our seats.
We had a lightning delay, so we just had to wait
In action when they got to the end zone we were sitting above!
And most recently, it decided to rain way to much in a short amount of time and flood what seems like most of the state of Colorado, from Boulder and Estes Park all the way east to us in Fort Morgan and beyond to Sterling. The South Platte River here has overflowed its banks, and while most of Fort Morgan homes are safe our Riverside Park has at least 2 feet of water running through it. Anyone who lives north of I-76 will be staying put for sometime as all the roads are washed out or have water over them. So even when the waters recede, if the bridges are there, they have to be assessed for safety. The middle school has been designated as a shelter for those evacuated, so no school tomorrow. Clean up all over the state will take a lot of time and effort, but we will help. Loveland and Greeley have extensive flooding. We can't go west as they closed I-76 past Wiggins. It is pretty crazy, but we are safe.
This is a view across I-76 in the foreground and the water just on the other side of it has risen to be almost level with the freeway.
