I just saw the Rocky Mountains for the first time! WOW!!!!!!!!
We left last Sunday and returned at 12:30 this morning. Flew to Denver and drove about 2 hours West to Eagle, Colorado. Went to a Rockies baseball game right after we got there last Sunday. The next...
View ArticleI meant Glenwood Springs not Grand Junction
Being a history buff, I found myself intrigued by the Hotel Colorado. Glenwood Springs is also the resting place of Doc Holiday. We ate at a restaurant / bar called Doc Holiday's. Of course, I asked...
View ArticleLeadville
the last place where Holliday shot someone. In a bar-that's now a souvenir shot-he pulled a gun from under the bar top and shot Billy Allen an old rival. He didn't kill Allen because he was so sick...
View ArticleI was surprised to see Denver was on flat lands.
I always thought it was a bit into the mountains. It was QUITE a sight to stand outside the Denver airport.....Look East and see flat lands as far as you can see...Look West and BAM!!! THERE THEY ARE!
View ArticleDid a few hikes, climbed a mountain side and never broke sweat.
Today, here in GOOD OL Cracksonville, the heat index is going to be over 100.
View ArticleWell
many people-even Denver residents-believe their airport is actually in the middle of Kansas someplace. It is a long ,long way east of the city and out in the plains. The city is actually fairly close...
View ArticleIt is WAY out there
I don't know why they did that, but they did.Gator's point about seeing flat land is funny and true.Driving to Colorado is a long optical illusion Gator. It seems like you are coming right up on the...
View ArticleJacksonville's is way to the North of town.
It's a good thing because the immediate North side of Downtown is nothing but slum and daily shootings. I have to hand it to Jacksonville..We have a VERY nice airport.
View ArticleMy youngest Son is NUTS!!!
He VOLUNTEERED to jump into 38 degree water when we went rafting. And I mean totally under water. LOL I was able to get him back in with little effort on my part. He ROCKETED back into the boat.And by...
View ArticleSpeaking of the cold water while rafting.
During the rafting trip, our guide told us to put our hands in the water that was close to 38 degrees. He said it'll feel warm compared to where the Colorado River meets the Arkansas River. When we...
View ArticleMany years ago
I was way up in the Rockies and we were in a cabin........you could see the glacier that fed all of the streams........you could put warm beer or water or soda in the stream and in a few minutes it...
View ArticleRe: It is WAY out there
I believe they put it out there for safety. Weather there can be problematic.
View ArticleMaybe I dunno
I know that I have flown into that airport several times and never had a smooth landing, there is always a little bit of a bumpy ride waiting so maybe closer in it's worse.I think they may have done...
View ArticleRe: It is WAY out there
When the weather is bad there-snow, wind, rain, wind, tornadoes (yes tornadoes), etc -better to have a problem away from the population then in the middle of it.
View ArticleI KNEW I was in the Midwest when....
I saw several labeled Tornado Shelters in the Denver airport.
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