Author Archives: Roger

Ice Castles

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Roger

Somebody has figured out how to make icicles and fuse them together to make walls and towers and other formations. The company looks for places — Minnesota, Utah, Alberta —where it stays cold long enough to build a castle. This … Continue reading →

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ProRodeo Hall of Fame

Posted on February 10, 2018 by Roger

I knew the rodeo HOF was in Colorado Springs, but I also knew it wouldn’t be terribly exciting, so I saved it for a bad-weather day. Saturday dawned snowy and messy with more snow promised later. I was the only … Continue reading →

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Not a Western Screech-Owl

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Roger

A Western Screech-Owl, a would-be lifer, was discovered hanging out in a cottonwood tree in southern El Paso County, at a regional park called Clear Springs Ranch. It was first seen on the last Sunday in January, but by the … Continue reading →

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Blue Pan Pizza

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Roger

I discovered Blue Pan Detroit Style Pizza online during my ongoing search for decent pizza in Colorado. It’s located about two miles from the Nature & Science Museum. All I knew about it is that the pizza is cooked in … Continue reading →

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Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Roger

We spent Saturday in Denver. We arrived at the museum half an hour after it opened. We decided to do a thorough job of it, so we added Planetarium and IMAX Theater tickets to our general admission, which cost us … Continue reading →

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