No Hockey! What to do?

With the hockey Pios grounded for the weekend, what to do with the open time?

-Calm your Pioneer fever at 7:00 p.m. tonight when the DU women's soccer team plays Western Illinois at CIBER Field

-Scotts Lawn says this is the perfect time to aerate, fertilize, and over-seed your lawn.

-Observe CC Co-Eds in action at the Annual Witches Ball - The 24th annual celebration – held on October 24 in the suitably mystical confines of the Highlands Masonic Center Here

-Get some exercise at the Creepy Crawlers Bike Ride - Oct. 25 - Denver - The Creepy Crawlers Bike Ride let's you cruise & dress your best - as a hockey player of course! Link

-Take a short road trip to the Emma Crawford Coffin Races and Parade – Oct. 24 – Manitou Springs - In honor of a former citizen who was buried and became unburied. Here


-MileHiCon 47 – Oct. 23 through 25 – Denver – Get your geek on at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown Denver. Here

-Repticon - If you like snakes other than the one's in Tiger uniforms, Oct. 24 through 25 - Repticon Denver is a reptile event featuring vendors offering reptile pets, supplies, feeders, cages, and merchandise at the Arapaho Fairgrounds. Here

-If you look like you made it to the Stanley Cup finals, go to the Boulder Beard & Mustache Competition - For the third consecutive year, beards of all shapes and sizes will face off October 24 at the Best Western Plus Plaza Hotel, 1900 Ken Pratt Boulevard in Longmont. Link

-Get down & dirty with Soil City art exhibit. Soil is an integral part of our daily lives, says artist Jennifer Stratton, whose dirty love affair was first inspired by scientific and ecological studies and perspectives. PlatteForum, 2400 Curtis Street, Starts today 5:30 to 8 p.m. and continuing on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. Here

-With the weather changing, get ready for winter with an oil change at Jiffy Lube and get $16.00 OFF Here

-Daylight savings is November 1st. Start early and change the batteries out in your smoke detectors, check exterior lights and change-out furnace filters.

Take your significant other out to dinner. Finally a good couple of weekend evenings without either headphones or checking your phone for game updates.