Today Tully and I went shopping in Breckenridge and at the Silver Thorne Outlet mall. We found a few good deals. When we got back to Georgetown we drove around the little town and came across this great bench.
Tully and I are spending 2 weeks driving around Colorado. We will be looking at a few colleges, climbing a 14ner or 2, going on a train ride from Durango to Silverton, visiting 2 National Parks and spending time with extended family.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Georgetown
July 13
Today Tully and I went shopping in Breckenridge and at the Silver Thorne Outlet mall. We found a few good deals. When we got back to Georgetown we drove around the little town and came across this great bench.
Today Tully and I went shopping in Breckenridge and at the Silver Thorne Outlet mall. We found a few good deals. When we got back to Georgetown we drove around the little town and came across this great bench.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
July 5
Today we visited the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. What an amazing place! Tully and I had fun jumping over the edge of one of the smallest dunes. If you are ever in Southeast Colorado, it’s worth the 32 mile round trip to see this fascinating natural phenomenon.
We ended our day in Durango with Andrew and Michelle joining us. The 5 of us had a wonderful dinner at Ken and Sue’s where a surprise barber quartet pleasantly surprised us.
Today we visited the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. What an amazing place! Tully and I had fun jumping over the edge of one of the smallest dunes. If you are ever in Southeast Colorado, it’s worth the 32 mile round trip to see this fascinating natural phenomenon.
We ended our day in Durango with Andrew and Michelle joining us. The 5 of us had a wonderful dinner at Ken and Sue’s where a surprise barber quartet pleasantly surprised us.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
July 4
July 4Sanborn Western Camps
We slept in today and then headed to Sanborn Western Camps. Sanborn is where Tully fell in love with Colorado and discovered herself and her passion for life. She showed us all around camp and introduced us to all of her friends. Sanborn is truly a magical place.
We slept in today and then headed to Sanborn Western Camps. Sanborn is where Tully fell in love with Colorado and discovered herself and her passion for life. She showed us all around camp and introduced us to all of her friends. Sanborn is truly a magical place.
July 3
July 3
Mt. Elbert is the highest mountain in Colorado, the highest in the Rocky Mountains at 14,440 Ft.
Tully and I started our day at 3AM and were on the road to Mt. Elbert trailhead by 3:15. We needed to start this early to summit before afternoon thunderstorms move in. According to the trail book we have it's a 10 hour round trip adventure.
We didn't reach tree line before the sunrise, but still enjoyed a beautiful site.
We finally made it to tree line at about 7 AM. What a beautiful view! We had an awesome view of Mt. Massive, which is the 2nd highest peak in CO.
At about 9 AM, the altitude got the best of me. I was full of thoughts about why I was doing this, worried that I was going to hold Tully back from getting to the summit, and worried that we were going to get caught out in the open in a thunder storm. I decided to send Tully ahead and turn back. She made it to the summit at about 10 AM.
Mt. Elbert is the highest mountain in Colorado, the highest in the Rocky Mountains at 14,440 Ft.
Tully and I started our day at 3AM and were on the road to Mt. Elbert trailhead by 3:15. We needed to start this early to summit before afternoon thunderstorms move in. According to the trail book we have it's a 10 hour round trip adventure.
We didn't reach tree line before the sunrise, but still enjoyed a beautiful site.
We finally made it to tree line at about 7 AM. What a beautiful view! We had an awesome view of Mt. Massive, which is the 2nd highest peak in CO.
At about 9 AM, the altitude got the best of me. I was full of thoughts about why I was doing this, worried that I was going to hold Tully back from getting to the summit, and worried that we were going to get caught out in the open in a thunder storm. I decided to send Tully ahead and turn back. She made it to the summit at about 10 AM.
July 2
July 2
Well this was a jam packed day. We started the day off with an information session at Colorado College followed with a tour of the campus. Beautiful campus and the block scheduling sounds like it will suit Tully's learning style. We had lunch in the Student Center. We thought the food was really good even though the Fiske Guide to Colleges says the food is mediocre. Tully had an interview after lunch. She has decided to apply for early decision, which means she will know if she is accepted by mid-December.
When Tully's interview was over we drove around Colorado Springs running errands. We had to find an Apple store in Colorado Springs because I left my computer battery charger at Lucy's house, Tully wanted to get a "Don't trust anyone under 14,000 feet" T-shirt. We also needed to get an ankle brace for my ankle because I stepped in a hole yesterday and twisted it.
We were finally able to get out of town and head to Leadville, CO. We stopped by the trailhead for Mt. Elbert to make sure we would be able to find it tomorrow morning in the dark. When we got into Leadville, we discovered I didn't have reservations at a hotel. Unfortunately for us there was a marathon race in town the next morning and there was not one room available. We started to drive north, even further away from the trailhead. Just when we were about to turn around and go sleep in the car, we came across a dive motel, but it was better than a car.
July 1, 2010
We left Lucy's house around 11 and stopped off to check out Denver University. Beautiful campus in the middle of the city. After we checked in at DU, we headed off to Colorado Springs to scope out Colorado College. Once we found the campus we checked in to a hotel to crash.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
I have had a great time at ISTE. I'm going home with a lot of new professional development strategies in the area of technology integration. I'm continuing to work on figuring out how to use Google Maps and applications for classroom use.
Denver is an awesome city. Checkout the bicycle rental available!
Starting Off with a BANG!!
I couldn't figure out how to get my images from Picasa to show up as my marker image without posting it here.
Tully and I kicked off our trip together with a BANG. Last night we went to Film on the Rocks at the Red Rock Amphitheatre. A friend of the family, Zach Heckendorf, was one of the artists that opened for the movie, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”
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