More cool US experiences over the last few days in Denver. Maryann and I checked out the Celestial Seasonings Tea Co. an iconic Boulder, Colorado institution. It was kicked off in the sixties by a couple of hippies trying to make herbal teas out of the local vegetation and has progressed to being the largest supplier of herbal tea in the States with all manor of exotic flavours. We got to sample heaps as well as doing a tour of the factory. It was really fun!
MaryAnn dragged me out later that night to experience some Denver night life. We travelled by light rail into the city centre and went to a Jazz and Blues club that was launching it's "funk night" - we were the only white-folks on the dance floor but we had a brilliant time boogieing to this incredibly hot funk band called Soul School - lots of Earth Wind and Fire; Kool and the Gang; Gap Band style seventies funk but with a bit of current hip-hop groove as well. A totally excellent musical time.
This morning MaryAnn and I went with Jim Sawyer to the High school where he works and where his boys attend. Basically MaryAnn and I took an hour or so with the whole school playing some songs, talking about New Zealand, sharing about our journey with Jesus and then answering questions. It was absolutely brilliant. I got a bunch of kids up to sing Bob Dylan's "You gotta serve somebody" which really went down. They were great sports.
Tomorrow MaryAnn heads back to Nelson so we got in the obligatory shopping-fest which turned out to be heaps of fun. Lots of cool stuff at very cheap prices. Tonight we are getting together with the Sawyer clan for a traditional "Thanks Giving" style food extravaganza - turkey, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, the whole nine yards - can't wait.
When Maryann takes off back to LA, Jim and I head to Michigan where we will catch up with some of his family (he grew up there) and also check out Mars Hill in Grand Rapids, the church led by Rob Bell. So more exciting stuff still to come. MaryAnn will be back in Nelson on Saturday morning and I'll be back Saturday week. Talk to you again soon.
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