Susan and I were married in Belmont, Massachusetts! Happy Anniversary to us!
Month: July 2009
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Lazy On A Sunday Afternoon
In spite of the occasional threat of rain and thunder/lightning, we had a lovely, lazy Sunday afternoon here in Colorado. Uncle Mark and Aunt Rosa came home from church with us,
and we enjoyed some family time together. Around mid-afternoon, Nina, Mike, and their boys, Harry and Jack came over and we headed over to the pool. No more than two minutes after most of the kids got in the pool, the lifeguard shooed us out due to lightning in the sky. We waited a while, and the kids played Mother May I to pass the time,
but it just didn’t seem promising, so we went back to Rowell Ranch for a spell. About an hour later, we headed back to the pool and got some swimming in.
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A Tale of Two Calvaries
Our home church is Calvary Church, United Methodist, but when we visit Susan’s folks, we worship at their church — Calvary Baptist Church of Denver. Their church is a large, vibrant congregation with all kinds of activities going on. They had a nice program for the children during the service.
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Red Rocks
On the way home from Heritage Square, we made a brief stop at Red Rocks, the outdoor park and concert venue built into the (red) rocks.
Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and the Work Projects Administration (WPA) between 1936 and 1948
the natural amphitheater has played host to all sorts of acts, from the Beatles to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and everything between and outside.
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Saturday’s Doings
Today, we drove just barely into the foothills to a place called Heritage Square, “a unique, delightful replica of a Western village with Victorian architecture.”
Includes authentic old west artifacts such as an alpine slide, a ferris wheel, and modern versions of the old time medicine shows…
We enjoyed a couple of rides down the alpine slide, and a turn on the ferris wheel, but also had fun at a children’s theater production of Pinocchio
which included lots of audience participation. Well done!
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Susan’s High School BFF
You may not know that I moved with my parents out to Denver the summer before my senior year in high school. I left Needham High with a class of 450 and came to Cherry Creek High with a class of 850. I made not one single friend in the senior class that year, BUT had one excellent friend from the junior class (in chemistry class with me). I also showed up in her youth group at her church, which is where I built all my other friendships, none as lasting as this.
Last night we visited Nina and her family for dinner and catching up. She and Michael and their sons, Harry and Jack, hosted us for a wonderful meal, fun playing outside and decorating their car windows for the Little League World Series games Saturday afternoon. Good Luck, Harry and Jack! Thanks for everything Nina and Mike!
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Snow in July!
Today’s big adventure was a ride into the mountains to St. Mary’s Glacier, which often has snow all year round. We parked at the bottom of a hill (already at 10,000′ elevation), and hiked 3/4 of a mile
up to a pretty little lake
where we had a picnic lunch
and then hiked further up to the glacier/snowfield, and then (tried to) hiked a little way up.
We watched some people skiing, and some snowboarding, and then we watched some people try to slide down the hill, but nobody we saw was able to stay in control or slow down. Four people basically crashed down the hill into a pile of rocks, and we later heard that one might have broken a leg. It was actually pretty frightening to see.
Aside from that, it was a nice day to be up there, even if our lungs were not quite ready to extract oxygen from the thinner air at that altitude.
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The Edge of Civilization
Everytime we visit Denver, development moves further west.
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Pretty House
The (in)famous Casa Bonita was the site of our evening repast today, but not just ours. We had arranged for a mini Calvary Reunion of sorts, and met up with our former intern Calob and his wife Sarah, and Nancy and her nephew Jared.
Casa Bonita is more than just a restaurant, it’s an experience. There’s cliff diving (with torches, too!),
puppet shows, piñata busting, and other entertainments, along with an arcade with skee ball, video games, etc.
We spent more than three hours there in all, and enjoyed hearing about Nancy’s vacation and Calob’s and Sarah’s new arrangements in Colorado. -
Plane Old Museum
A visit to Wings Over the Rockies was part of our day today.
It’s a very cool museum at the old site of Lowry Air Force Base. We got to see many, many aircraft, both military
and civilian
but the highlight (for some) was an X-Wing fighter from Star Wars
with R2D2 on the back
