Pikes Peak or Bust

It's Pioneer Day at DCC. Kinda gives ya a hankering fer the Colorado gold rush back in the day. An 1850s' day ya understand.

Careful, dude. It's 9 degrees out there.

Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center

Weather had already delayed Sam's flight back to school from Friday to Monday. And weather was threatening again to make getting him to the airport by 4am a little difficult. And Matt had a flight out Monday as well, albeit a bit later in the morning. In discussing options we realized that the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center had just opened and was offering discounts for locals. So what the heck. Matt, Sam, Nana, and Papa headed up there about noon on Sunday and spent the afternoon exploring. We had dinner at the Old Hickory Steakhouse - wow! Pretty impressive place. Also a bit pricey. All the photos are here.

Three birds of prey greeted us upon entering the lobby.

ATSF #999239 built in 1930.
The caboose was put in place first and the lobby was built around it.

Colorado lamb at Old Hickory Steakhouse.

Check out the plumbing.

Denver Museum of Nature & Science

We visited the Denver Museum of Nature & Science today while Nana attended an all-day quilting event. Seemed like a good option for a threatening-weather day and Sam's last full day here this trip. Almost got through all the museum, probably still 1-2 hours to go, mostly in the science areas. All the photos are here. Took us quite a bit longer than normal to get home. We were re-routed to highway 83 (must have been something bad on I-25) and then heavier snow the closer we got to home.

The bigs thought this virtual reality ride was pretty cool.

Quite a discussion ensued about what would happen if elephants had such tusks today.

Matt determined the mummy was just a little taller than Lexi.

The water "whirl wind" was very exciting.

There was practically no snow on anything when we arrived.

Fina's trying desperately to ignore it all.

They had some remarkable rhodochrosite specimens.

Quartz, too.

Valentines Day 2019

And other happenings leading up to Valentines Day 2019...

Cookies for school friends with their names on them.

Playing with some new robot toys with a friend. AJ's bare toes.

Valentine messages from friends.

New griddle works great!

Magnetic poetry for Music Lovers.

Pancakes and Nana Butter.

Celebrate!

Guess who we're celebrating with ribs, chips, cheese puffs, brussels, fabulous mashed potatoes, grapes, and BR's ice cream cakes!

A Couple Restaurants

We tried Cowboy Star Steakhouse the other day. Wow. Fabulous meats. Exceptional service. And the atmosphere is right up our alley, too. And today we went back to the Bistro on Second in Monument, also becoming a favorite.

Cowboy Star

Bistro on Second. That was some grilled cheese
sandwich. And tuna tartar. And French Onion soup.