Category Archives: Colorado

New Years Weekend

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Roger

Friends spent December 28-31 with us. On Thursday, we went to Pueblo to bird. We saw over 50 species, including a Prairie Warbler that’s been hanging around in the same bushes belong the Pueblo Reservoir dam for about a month. … Continue reading →

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Illumination Light Show

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Roger

I saw an advertisement for a walk-through light show at the Baptist Road exit in Monument. That’s only two exits north of our house, and I know my wife likes Christmas lights, so after Seven Falls we headed up. It … Continue reading →

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Seven Falls

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Roger

Seven Falls is the name of a tall waterfall in Cheyenne Canyon in southwest Colorado Springs. The creek that runs down the canyon isn’t large. There are some terraces along the way, but it’s a stretch to figure out how … Continue reading →

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Tuba Christmas and the Festival of Lights Parade

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Roger

We spent the first Saturday evening in December in downtown Colorado Springs to see the Christmas festivities. First came Tuba Christmas — 115 local tuba players who had just gotten together a couple hours earlier to practice. It’s not really … Continue reading →

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Christkindlmarkt

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Roger

For the past eight or ten years, we’ve gone to downtown Chicago to see, among other things, the Christkindlmarkt in Daley Plaza. We didn’t make it down last year before we moved, so when we learned that Denver had one, … Continue reading →

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