O.A.R. at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Last Sunday, Craig and I spent the afternoon in Denver and Red Rocks. Ever since high school I've had dreams of seeing a concert at the Red Rocks amphitheater. It's one of those iconic venues that you always hear about how amazing it is to see a show there...akin to watching a Broadway show on Broadway in New York. When Craig moved out to Colorado, I knew this dream needed to become a reality. The thing with Red Rocks though is that concerts are only during the summer, usually sell out fairly quickly and the good ones are usually on weeknights. Due to my unpredictable work schedule, a weekend concert would be necessary. The fates aligned and I came across a concert date that worked for both of us and the band just so happened to be O.A.R.! We actually saw them about 5 or 6 years ago in New Jersey when we were still dating. Craig is a huge fan of O.A.R. and they're a great band to see live (probably better live than studio recorded, which is a rare with most bands). I really really wanted to see Florence + The Machine, but the concert is on a weeknight AND it's sold out :(

Before heading out to the concert we spent the afternoon in Denver and checked out Biker Jim's. It's a local hog dog joint in Denver that has really unique hot dogs. We tried to go to the food truck last time we were in Denver, but we couldn't find it and we didn't know they had an actual store front. I'm so glad we found it this time because it was delicious!!!

Told you it was unique

We wanted to order everything!

Local Colorado brew

My plate: Alaskan Reindeer and Fried Mac&Cheese....sooo good

Craig's plate: Wild Boar and Hand Cut Fries....Also really good, but I thought the reindeer was better

The amazing fried mac&cheese...two of my favorite things combined!!!

For buying tickets at the last minute, we got pretty good seats

You can see Denver in the distance

The opening band: Rebelution from Santa Barbara, CA....surprisingly almost everyone knew their songs

I like how they shined lights on the monoliths

Us...after many tries...it was super windy and it's hard to take a picture of yourself and another person

O.A.R.

Crazy crowd

 I highly recommend watching any band perform at Red Rocks! Just being there is an experience in itself. So glad we had the opportunity to go and hopefully we'll be back. I also wouldn't mind going back to Biker Jim's and trying the rattle snake hot dog :)