COLORADO - Boulder

August 19 & 20 Sunday and Monday  Spent Sunday doing laundry and cleaning...so no pictures!  But, on Monday we headed to Boulder to visit Gary's cousin Bill Frisbie and his wife Leslie.  We went out to dinner and they showed us around downtown Boulder.  It is a very beautiful city!   Thanks so much Bill & Leslie  - it was great to see you!

Downtown Boulder

Bill & Gary

Leslie & Liz doing a little shopping

COLORADO - Denver

August 18 Saturday Took a drive to Denver today.   Had to visit Denver Broncos Mile High Stadium as this was Jon's favorite football team.

Mile High Stadium

At Mile High

Such beautiful red rocks!

 A few miles down the road is the Red Rock Amphitheater...very beautiful outdoor theater built into the red rocks of the area.  This venue has hosted many, very famous bands and performers throughout the years.   The Beatles did a concert here in 1964. 
Unfortunately, a sold out concert was scheduled for the day we visited so we could not actually go into the the theater.  

Road leading to the amphitheather

View of the amphitheater

COLORADO - FT. Collins
August 17 Friday

 Had to chuckle when we saw this sign...Colorado was colorful in some places, but it was very brown and plain by this welcoming sign!

Moraine Deposits

Rock formation near the entrance of our campground

Historic Ft. Collins was the birthplace of the architect who designed the town for Disneyland and he based the buildings there on his hometown

Historic Ft. Collins

Having a drink @ Cooper & Smith Brewery

Another view of historic Ft. Collins

Tried the light ale on tap...Columbine Klosch...very nice!

Historic Ft. Collins- yet another view

HO HO HO...Green Giant!

This is Pleasant Valley, CO...this is the valley that the ads use for  the Jolly Green Giant to stand in.

Roosevelt Park - S-curves through the canyon

We drove through Roosevelt Park on the way to Rocky Mountain National Park

Estes Park - Rocky Mtns. in the background

Welcome to Rocky Mountain National Park

Picnic in RMNP with Mr. Skunk

And... a pretty bird joined us!

Elev. 11,766ft. Notice winding road we drove up

15 miles of dirt road...shortcut back to our campground??

Beautiful rock formations in Poudre Canyon

WYOMING - Cody

August 15 Wednesday Started this day off with a visit to Old Trail Town which is the location of the original town of Cody.  There are many famous buildings here which have been deconstructed at their original locations and reconstructed here at Old Trail Town.  I have included lots of pictures of the signage that was at this town as it better explains the various buildings and pictures.

Sign explaining Old Trail Town

Coffin School ...two pictures of the inside are below

Can you imagine a Winchester Rifle poster in today's classrooms?

Hole in the Wall Cabin sign...pictures below

Hole in the Wall Cabin

Inside Hole in the Wall cabin

The other room in the Hole in the Wall cabin

Hole in the Wall gang--names in picture below

Names of the Hole in the Wall gang

Jeremiah Johnston - portrayed by Robert Redford in a movie about him

R. Redford was a pall bearer for the real Jeremiah Johnston he is in the 3rd picture down on the left side of this poster

View of Old Trail Town

We went to visit the Heart Mountain Relocation Center which was opened in 2011 and documents the Japanese that were interred here during WWII.  This was an amazing documentary of their lives here and these pictures capture only a small part of their story.

Signage at the site

Guard tower replica

A photo of a dining hall at the original camp

One of many interesting and sad stories of those interred here--please read and note the famous judge in the picture who is the son of the older couple who were sent here in WWII

Original barracks and chimney of the hospital

WYOMING - Wheatland


August 16 Thursday Left Cody and headed toward Ft. Collins, Colorado, but had to spend one night in Wheatland, Wyoming to break up the drive.  On the way to Wheatland we stopped in Thermopolis to see the Dinosaur Center.   Very interesting....lots of fossils from all over the world.  After the Dinosaur Center we continued through Wind River Canyon onto Wheatland to stay at Mountain View RV Park for the night.  We took some nice pictures going through the Canyon.

Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis!

Famous Trilobite

Notice it was found in Rochester, NY!

Fish fossil

It was found in Germany

Sailed Synapsid

Info about the Sailed Synapsid

Triceratops

Info about Triceratops

Actual fossils of Maiasaura hatchlings

Entering Wind River Canyon

Beautiful rock walls

Entering 3 tunnels

Heading into the 3rd tunnel