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"Work" Trips

Every three months my employer brings me to Colorado to hang out with my team of fellow software geeks.  While blogging about a work trip may seem strange, I really want to share what goes on out here with my friends and family.   A couple of years ago I started staying at this place, this magical lovely place.  A slice of the UK, Thee Hilltop Inn and Burns Pub is nestled in the wild grasses of an office park in Broomfield, Colorado (of all places!). The rooms have real keys, the barkeeps - hi Ron and JT - dress nattily with vests and hats, and the food is fresh, scratch, simply prepared.  It is some of the best pub fare I have had anywhere. This Irish Stew with soda bread was the last thing I ate here. As you can see it was kind of good.   But besides the food... The location is really nice, this is a picture of hole one at a disc golf course, about a mile's walk.  The walk through the office park consisted of 50% overland grassy fields and wooded