* Also Aunt Pearl’s 90th birthday, our 17th anniversary, and Grandson Tom and Celia’s unofficial 3rd anniversary . . .
February 14
[Getting ready to leave from MSP, airports being the most fun places in the world!? It was Valentine’s Day and our anniversary . . . ]
[Arrival in Denver – still a 20-hour ride to our car rental place . . . ]
[On the car rental bus – as I recall we had to show our passports a couple of times . . . ]
[Car in hand, on the way in to the Mile High City . . . ]
[Looks like they’ve been as droughted as West Central Minnesota . . . ]
[The Rocky Mountains from our hotel room. OK, a picture of the Rocky Mountains in our hotel room . . . ]
[Dinner that night with Grandson Tom, who has now lived in Wesminster for a year and a half . . . ]
[Then we were joined by Celia. The kids figured Valentine’s Day was their “unofficial” third anniversary . . . ]
[A 4-way dessert – I, of course, dribbled some on my pants. It’s the new normal . . . ]
[The Super would insist on a picture of Jax!]
February 15
[Heading into town for a day in the Capital City . . . ]
[Just happy not to have a daily big city commute . . . ]
[One of 5 campuses visited on the trip . . . ]
[Denver Performing Arts Complex . . . ]
[First on the list, a tour of the Denver Mint. We had to get a pass a couple hours before the tour . . . ]
[We parked nearby, then did a walking tour of the area . . . ]
[No pictures during the tour – but I guess it’s OK to scan our free door prize . . . ]
[Walking from the Mint toward the Capitol . . . ]
[Blue trees???]
[Voorhies Memorial and Sea Lion Fountain in Civic Center Park . . . ]
[The Super suggested we change models (this photo and the others are in Civic Center Park . . . ]
[OK, what’s next?]
[City and County Building . . . ]
[Civic Center Park – piano and . . . what?]
[I bet you guessed the capitol?]
[More Civic Center Park statuary . . . ]
[We’re gaining on the capitol . . . ]
[Professional photographers – they didn’t bite on my “I’ll take yours if you take mine?”]
[Now up close and personal . . . ]
[Shoulda parked here?]
[We wandered – self-guided, there were lots of school tours ongoing . . . ]
[The legislature was in session – I believe this was the House . . . ]
[The Senate . . . ]
[The dome . . . ]
[The dome vantage point . . . ]
[The Senate . . . ]
[We timed this wrong, so we didn’t join a tour or go to the dome . . . ]
[The state Supreme Court . . . ]
[The City and County Library, listed as a Top Ten site to visit . . . ]
[From the library . . . ]
[Outside the library . . . ]
[The Denver Art Museum . . . ]
[Degas was in town. Unfortunately, again, not enough time to visit . . . ]
[The University of Denver campus . . . ]
[On the road again heading for Red Rocks . . . ]
[This was our first visit here . . . ]
[And here we are at the amphitheatre . . . ]
[The visit made even more beautiful by a light snow . . . ]
[We had lunch here where we were told there are 188 perfomances scheduled this year. Wow!]
[Decent views here . . . ]
[This is really cool!]
[The display model . . . ]
[The Super finds a friend . . . ]
[Leaving the park . . . ]
[There are folks up there?]
[I don’t believe this is natural . . . ]
[And we went by Coors – just because it’s there . . . ]
[Into Golden . . . ]
[Heading to the Colorado School of Mines. See the “M” on the hillside?]
[From the campus . . . ]
[As noted, the fieldhouse . . . ]
[Back into downtown Golden . . . ]
[We’ll have to finish trip coverage with a blog Part II . . . ]
Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory. ~ Ed Viesturs
Up Next: Part II
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