Gosh, I can’t believe summer is over and our stay in the Denver area will be coming to an end. Although I’m looking forward to hitting the road soon, I don’t relish saying goodbye to our daughter.
I find myself reviewing my photos from the summer and realize, we had one heck of a good time. And because we were having so much fun, I didn’t take the time to post about it all. Here’s some of our highlights……
Daughter and I go stand up paddle boarding at Bear Creek Lake Park in Lakewood, Colorado. I had wanted to try this for a long time so when the opportunity presented itself, I was all in. An hour was enough for me for starters, but Ashton and her friends stayed out for two hours. I’m hooked and can’t wait to go again.
Our son flew in from Phoenix for a week. We took in a baseball game.
Now mind you, I’m not a fan of baseball but there is something fun about attending a game in person.
And especially when it’s teams from two of our home towns. Rockies vs. Cubs at Coor’s Field.
I’m sure all our friends and family in the Chicago area were cheering as the Cub’s spanked the Rockies 6-1.
I’m just glad the game didn’t go into overtime. Yep, that comment from me received a few chuckles 😉 Shows ya how much I know about baseball.
Labor day weekend – Taste of Colorado. This was held in Denver at the Civic Center. It was a day of eating, shopping, and listening to live music.
Sorry Chicago, but Denver’s ‘taste’ was tons more enjoyable than the Taste of Chicago and much more reasonably priced.
Hiking and exploring; Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge. I found myself hiking here a few times partly because it was only 12 miles from our home at the Westminster Elks but mostly because the lay of the land is flat 😉
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Army transformed the area from grazing plains into a chemical weapons manufacturing facility. The bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima was actually manufactured at this site.
In the early 1980’s a massive clean up of the area ensued and a transition to a National Wildlife Refuge took place.
Today there are no signs of a weapons facility, just some lingering residential buildings. Bison were reintroduced to the area several years ago.
Another place I found myself hiking was White Ranch Park northwest of Golden, Colorado. This park is a former working ranch and full of history.
One of the trails leads through a meadow dotted with all kinds of farming equipment. Along side each antique farm implement is a plaque outlining its use. This is a popular park for photography classes….. although I wouldn’t know anything about these classes because they meet before sunrise, which certainly won’t work for me. Thus, I decided to explore this park at a more reasonable hour… say 9:00 a.m. 
The unsinkable Molly Brown – the Molly Brown House Museum was a fun little stop. We learned about this fascinating woman and her survival on the Titanic.
In the movie “Titanic” staring Leonardo DiCaprio; Kathy Bates portrayed the brassy outspoken American Molly Brown. Her life entailed a rags to riches story full of philanthropy and travel. She was one tough cookie!
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