Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is on Google Maps with a location of simply “Colorado,” so I’ll orient it by saying it’s roughly in the center of the southern part of the state, …
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A Visit to Crestone, Colorado
We had a long-planned trip to visit our friend Krissy while she happened to be in Crestone for a spell (she normally resides on the west coast). We had a great time on our few …
Birds, Bites, and a Bunny from the Denver, Colorado Area
Doug and I wound up spending a fair amount of time bouncing around the Denver area. In addition to visiting lots of museums, we got in a good amount of birding, and of course we …
Rocking Across Denver
While I was hanging out in Denver all by my lonesome, there happened to be some opportunities to take in a few concerts in and around the city. They were all at outdoor venues. Hootie …
Denver Nature and Science Museum
Besides exhibits on “The Power of Poison” and “Vasily Konovalenko: Gem Carvings of Russian Folk Life,” the Denver Nature and Science Museum had plenty to keep me occupied on a very hot July afternoon. The …
“Power of Poison” at the Denver Nature & Science Museum
The Denver Nature and Science Museum had a fun exhibit on “The Power of Poison.” Besides models of venomous and poisonous plants and animals such as bullet ants, wandering spiders, poison dart frog, and snakes, …
Konovalenko: Gem Carvings of Russian Folk Life
An unexpected delight at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science was a gallery that includes the only collection of gem sculptures on public display outside of Moscow created by Vasily Konovalenko. Born in 1929 …
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) is housed in a smallish but impressive space in downtown Denver. The works on display included intricate small-scale drawings, video and film, photography, sculpture, and cross-disciplinary works. When I …
Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum
The Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum is located in the spacious Hangar 1 of the former Lowry Air Force Base in eastern Denver, and boasts more than 100,000 square feet of iconic …
“Snoopy and the Red Baron” at Wings Over the Rockies
On my solo adventuring in Denver, I visited the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum where, to my delight, their current exhibition was “Snoopy and the Red Baron.” Snoopy, of course, is the …