Travels with Hawgwash

Hey guys (in the generic sense) didn't post yesterday because we didn't get back to the motor home until after 11 pm. We had some fun yesterday and help raise awareness to an important cause...breast cancer.

We ended up getting involved (somewhat) in a fund raising event for breast cancer awareness. The poker run ended at a really fun bar called the "Rock-N-Ranch" located at 110 Monmouth Ave., Firestone, CO. Once there, an awesome dinner was provided. They had home cooking like you would never believe. For the meat, they had slow cooked beef brisket and a roasted pig. They had home-made potato salad (to die for..) macaroni salad, several types of baked beans, ambrosia salad, regular tossed green salad, bread, corn on the cob, cake and probably a whole bunch more food which I can't remember. I loaded my plate down and there was still more food that wouldn't fit on my plate.

By the time I finished what I put on the plate (and again, my eyes were bigger than my stomach) there was no way in the world that I could go back for seconds. The food was awesome and I was almost in a food coma after the first pass.

Along with the awesome meal provided to help raise money, they had outside a mechanical bull riding ring. It was really fun to watch many people try their hand at riding the mechanical bull. I had never really seen this close up so it was extremely fun for me. The cool thing (and again, please remember I am a mechanical bull newbie) was that the guy running the bull did not try to knock people off immediately. He adjusted the difficulty level to the person on the bull. There was no time limit to being on the bull, the ride was done when you fell off and he did manage to knock everyone off the bull. The good part was that if a new rider fell off in less than a second, he had them get back on the bull and ride again.

While watching the mechanical bull riding, there was also a raffle drawing going on (which took almost 2 hours to go through all the raffle prizes) and a 50/50 drawing. After all was said and done, the event managed to raise almost $2.000.00 towards cancer awareness. Kudos go to all that helped make this event great.

Again, if you happen to find yourself north of Denver, CO, along Highway 25, go say HI to Ben & Christine, the owners of Rock-n-Ranch Tavern in Firestone, CO. The bar hosts 3 pool tables with competition felts (I know nothing about the quality of felts, but the guys that knew about playing pool were in awe of the tables...) there is a restaurant (which was closed for the day due to the poker run) area so you don't have to sit in or around the bar to eat, and then there is the bar itself with a large screen TV and several smaller TV's tuned in to various sporting events. Give the Tavern a visit, both the workers and clients are great people and the atmosphere is awesome.