Today in Boulder

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The main family even is taking place today.

It starts in the middle of the day and goes on until I don’t know when.

There isn’t much time to go out and do anything so I think a lunch and a nice walk around part of the CU campus will have to do.

This morning has been laundry and a bit of rest. I’ve been studying some materials that will help me with my various websites.

And now… Off to the main event…

And it was a lot of fun.

Now off to bed and in the morning I get to do some writing, and learn some more about web programming. These are things that I’ve been distracted from for too long.

Boulder Day 1

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Got a very late start today.

After a dinner Thursday night that was long and wonderful but late…

We got to the hotel and just crashed.

This morning we wandered around “Pearl Street” which is an open air shopping center that I recalled from my previous business trips. Pearl Street is a nifty bohemian , then we had a wonderful lunch. 

Later in the day we went to Boulder Falls.

It was grey and overcast when I started hiking the trail that lead to the falls. I’d been standing at the falls for about 4 minutes and the sky opened up.

I was soaked to the skin in a matter of minutes.

It’s been raining off & on since then.

We’re talking rolling thunder and flashes of lightening. I’m enjoying hearing the rain pound on the roof of the hotel and I’m seriously glad I’m not out camping tonight.

Hopefully tomorrow I’ll get to a couple of other locations and get some pictures.

Trip Day 3

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Here we are.

We arrived in Boulder where it is hot & sticky. 5 minutes ago it was raining which of course was just enough to turn the dust on the car into mud.

That’s bad enough… But a few minutes of rain on hot asphalt was like dumping the ladle of water on the hot rocks in a sauna.

The humidity is now worse than anything I ever saw in FL.

As evening falls it will probably cool off… but not by much.

I was so focused on getting here that I didn’t stop to take any pictures yet today and probably won’t.

Tomorrow I’m sure that there will be time to wander and do the photography thing.

In the mean time… I’ll share some of the other photos from the fort yesterday.

The lady giving the tour was sweet and even though it was very hot the poor dear would hear nothing of cutting the tour a little short. She is 80 and while she may not walk fast, she gets around that place alright. I was seeing signs of dehydration and began to be concerned about her.

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At the end, I shook her hand and wished her well. I also suggested that she go inside and have a nice cool drink of water.

I have to give the LDS church a lot of credit for this too. Everyone has a wonderful work ethic, and the church does find ways for their elderly to be useful for as long as they wish to or are able.

I have a lot of respect for that.

No, I’m not likely to convert… They’d have a hard time with any number of aspects of me.

I do tend to ask too many questions.