We’ve had a number of banner days. We hit the jackpot with an invitation to a friends house in Frisco Colorado. We didn’t know much about it other then it was a place with electricity, showers, laundry and a reason to perch for a couple of days.
We landed in Denver and as is drawn by a Musical God the first street we went down had a fabulous brightly colored mural dedicated to the Grateful Dead of which we had just listened to for the past several days. It was remarkable! Sterling went right to town taking a video which we’ll post as soon on FB, You-tube and our blog and website.
Our first day in Denver was one of exploration just checking out the general area, the layout of the city, the architecture, walking down the 16th Street Mall which is a tony, shopping district.
We walked and walked into the sunset and then drove out about 10 miles to our favorite WalMart and McDonalds. This one had several patroling security guards in cars which was unsettling but we were safe, did some wi-fi work and heading back in to the Denver Art Museum.
When we arrived it was 11:30 and a Gospel Band was playing very loudly right outside the Capital Building and there we found the biggest free food giveaway either of us had ever seen. There were probably 250 volunteers and an incredible line of thousands waiting for hours to get a free turkey supper. It was mind blowing.
We went across the street to the Denver Art Museum where I had been 30 years ago when I took a similar trip with Auntie Sue. Sterling and I spent 5 hours there pouring over the exhibits both in their permenant collection and in their current exhibits. I was a bit disappointed with the Modern section as I feel Modern is coming on so strong and their representation was more modest then I like to see in a museum. I started to take one picture per floor of the most incredible thing I saw. We started at the seventh floor and worked our way down. By the time we got to the Indian section I found myself taking picture of almost every exhibit. They were all my favorites. The color and the beadwork and the paint and the decorations just excite me so, I love them.
When we came out the food line was still going although the band had switched. We went and grabbed the RV from the parking lot and went over to the Occupy Denver site which was just around the corner. We figured that many of the people in the food line were displaced from the Occupy Denver group - it was all such an odd blur of humanity from the very higest of art to the most primitve human needs. Such a stark contrast this country of ours.
We left Denver and headed west about 75 miles to our friends house. Johnny May and Lisa Buenorosa have a new home in Frisco, Colorado. I’ve known Johnny for 27 years and he’s now 36 so it was great to see the man he has become and meet his new mate. We arrived late Saturday night and pretty much moved in on them until Monday morning. They didn’t tell us Lisa and Johnny were the ultimate host and hostess, feeding us, allowing us to use all their facilities, entertaining us by bringing us out to a small Victorian Village called Leadville and just all around indulging us by showing us all sorts of cool houses, antique shops, a saloon, an American made polartec clothing company and the best part showing us the best Rocky Mountain Scenery in the middle of a snow-storm. Oh what fun it was but that white stuff was enough to move us on.
I’ll be posting lots of photos and video shorts over the next couple of days. Keep on watching as we work our way to Salt Lake City this week. Staying in Steamboat Springs tonite, November 14, 2011. For now we continue to search for Peace! Dragonfly Cathy and Son Sterling.
We landed in Denver and as is drawn by a Musical God the first street we went down had a fabulous brightly colored mural dedicated to the Grateful Dead of which we had just listened to for the past several days. It was remarkable! Sterling went right to town taking a video which we’ll post as soon on FB, You-tube and our blog and website.
Our first day in Denver was one of exploration just checking out the general area, the layout of the city, the architecture, walking down the 16th Street Mall which is a tony, shopping district.
We walked and walked into the sunset and then drove out about 10 miles to our favorite WalMart and McDonalds. This one had several patroling security guards in cars which was unsettling but we were safe, did some wi-fi work and heading back in to the Denver Art Museum.
When we arrived it was 11:30 and a Gospel Band was playing very loudly right outside the Capital Building and there we found the biggest free food giveaway either of us had ever seen. There were probably 250 volunteers and an incredible line of thousands waiting for hours to get a free turkey supper. It was mind blowing.
We went across the street to the Denver Art Museum where I had been 30 years ago when I took a similar trip with Auntie Sue. Sterling and I spent 5 hours there pouring over the exhibits both in their permenant collection and in their current exhibits. I was a bit disappointed with the Modern section as I feel Modern is coming on so strong and their representation was more modest then I like to see in a museum. I started to take one picture per floor of the most incredible thing I saw. We started at the seventh floor and worked our way down. By the time we got to the Indian section I found myself taking picture of almost every exhibit. They were all my favorites. The color and the beadwork and the paint and the decorations just excite me so, I love them.
When we came out the food line was still going although the band had switched. We went and grabbed the RV from the parking lot and went over to the Occupy Denver site which was just around the corner. We figured that many of the people in the food line were displaced from the Occupy Denver group - it was all such an odd blur of humanity from the very higest of art to the most primitve human needs. Such a stark contrast this country of ours.
We left Denver and headed west about 75 miles to our friends house. Johnny May and Lisa Buenorosa have a new home in Frisco, Colorado. I’ve known Johnny for 27 years and he’s now 36 so it was great to see the man he has become and meet his new mate. We arrived late Saturday night and pretty much moved in on them until Monday morning. They didn’t tell us Lisa and Johnny were the ultimate host and hostess, feeding us, allowing us to use all their facilities, entertaining us by bringing us out to a small Victorian Village called Leadville and just all around indulging us by showing us all sorts of cool houses, antique shops, a saloon, an American made polartec clothing company and the best part showing us the best Rocky Mountain Scenery in the middle of a snow-storm. Oh what fun it was but that white stuff was enough to move us on.
I’ll be posting lots of photos and video shorts over the next couple of days. Keep on watching as we work our way to Salt Lake City this week. Staying in Steamboat Springs tonite, November 14, 2011. For now we continue to search for Peace! Dragonfly Cathy and Son Sterling.
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