These past few weeks have sure been amazing! So the weekend of the 25th Candy and I went to Meskwaki Casino's annual Rockfest. They had Hurt, Fuel, Puddle of Mudd, and Lifehouse playing. We're pretty big Lifehouse fans, and I've always regretted not going to their concert a couple years back. Naturally we weren't going to miss this one. So we bought our tickets a few weeks before. We went over to Tama that day for the concert, and the entire day the weather was crappy. Raining most of the day and everything, and the Rockfest was outside so a lot of people didn't show up. We even saw one guy giving away his tickets for free because he didn't want to go anymore. What a mistake that guy made... Hurt played first, and I had never heard of them before. They were really good though! The lead singer was very charismatic and played the crowd really well. It wasn't normally my style of music, but it was pretty awesome. It was kind of a harder rock than what I normally listen to. I really liked them though. Fuel played next, and the only thing really bad about the night was having to wait for the stage crew to set up the stage for the next band. It took them longer than the bands actual sets! So Fuel played, and I didn't think that I had heard of them before but then they played a few songs that I knew. "Hemorrhage" was a good song, and a pretty big hit for them a few years back. They were very good, and I'm glad we got to see them. Puddle of Mudd played next, and again the wait was excruciating! The bleachers were soaking wet too, so that did not help. Puddle of Mudd was great, and again I was surprised that I knew some of their songs. I guess I'm just really bad at remembering names... I don't know. They were really good though, and I wish that I recorded some of their songs. "Blurry" and "She Hates Me" were my two favorites from them. Again we had to wait, and by now we had been there for around 4 hours already. I was holding up alright, Candy was getting a little anxious though. Finally it was time for Lifehouse to come on, and the entire wait was worth every second. I've been to quite a few concerts before, and I must say that Lifehouse was the best. Even against the concerts we went to earlier this year I would say that Lifehouse was number 1, and it's pretty hard to beat Lady Antebellum and Rascal Flatts. While they are different genres it is kind of hard to compare, but anyways enough of that. The videos are posted below. I've got a couple more also, so I might upload those in a bit so check back or check my youtube channel. So the concert, yes, the concert was soooo awesome! Lifehouse definitely does a great live performance. They sang almost all of my favorite songs. I was a little upset that they didn't perform "Everything," but they made up for it in my book. I won't go into so much detail about everything, but if you are at all a Lifehouse fan or think you might want to be you NEED to see them live. YOU NEED TO!!!!
This next video was the BEST part of the night. They sang "Hanging By a Moment," and as you can see in the video as it starts to get intense rain starts pouring down. It was epic, and made the concert that much more fun. Words can't describe how awesome it was. Definitely a moment to remember.
So after the concert I had to worry about Candy's birthday! I decided a little while back that I would surprise her with a quick four day trip to Colorado, and visit with one of my best buddies, Alex. I told her about it Thursday night (Aug. 30th), and we left the next morning. It was a 10 hour drive, but it wasn't really too bad. We got to Denver around 3:30 mountain time, and Alex took us out with a few friends to go eat and have some drinks. We ate at a pretty cool little sandwich shop that had an awesome brisket sandwich, but the highlight was our next destination. We went to this place called "William and Graham's" that was a prohibition themed bar. When you walk in it's just a tiny little "bookstore," but then they open up one of the bookcases and lead back to a secret bar. Totally cool. The bartenders were amazing, and they made some killer drinks. Alex and I had a Blue Blazer, which the bartender sets on fire while mixing it. It was nuts. It was soooo strong, but did have a good taste. Somewhat. We had some drinks for a while, then headed out to get some ice cream. We ended the night there, because Candy and I were exhausted from the drive, and wanted to sleep. The next day we went out and did some shopping and sightseeing, and met up with Alex and company for some Korean BBQ. I love Denver's food selections. We headed back to Alex's and played some cards and drank a little bit, before Candy and I headed up into the mountains to the casinos and Alex and co. went out to the bars. The drive into the mountains was beautiful, even in the dark of night. Candy was a little scared, but it was a fun drive. The little city where all of the casinos were was really cool also. It was all kind of tucked back into the mountains, and real old fashioned. The next day Candy and I went down to the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. It was a really nice looking area. It kind of sucked that it was so touristy and crowded, but it was beautiful nonetheless. After Garden of the Gods we headed back to Alex's and met up with all of them. We went out shopping at another mall for a little while before Candy and I had to start heading back to Iowa. The trip was fun. It was a little short, but it was good for a mini trip. The drive wasn't too bad either. I'd like to head back over there sometime. It'll have to wait for a little while though, because we have some bigger vacations coming up that will take priority over Colorado again. Anyways, that's all for now. Catch you all later. I hope you had a great birthday Candy! I love you!
