We took a trip to see friends in Denver last week. We left a week ago Wednesday and came back home Monday night. Neither one of us likes to fly, but it was such a short trip we had no choice. We paid Delta for extra legroom on the way out and back, but didn’t get it on the way out. So I spent the trip out with my knees jabbed into the seat in front of me. On top of that we were in the row before the emergency exit row, so our seat backs didn’t recline. We were not happy.
Our friends thanked us for bringing rain with us from Georgia. Most of the time it didn’t rain, but on Sunday, the day we picked to drive up into the mountains, it rained all day. In Idaho Springs, which is west from Denver off I-70, it was a mix of rain and snow. Here’s Leah with our friends walking the main street.
Leah liked it just fine. She thought the rain and snow were kind of neat, and so did I.
Our friends Debra and Tres have a dog that looks a lot like Zeke. Here’s Elroy.
Here’s Zeke.
He’s bigger than Zeke. Two years ago when we visited with our dogs, Zeke and Elroy didn’t get along, but without Zeke around, Elroy was mellow. He’s a good dog.
We did get our extra legroom on the way back home, plus free drinks, so the trip back was only about as bad as regular airplane travel. We got in around 6 pm and ate at the airport, so the sun was going down as we went home. The sky was magnificent, but, of course, there was no way to get a good photograph. Here’s one I took with my phone.
In addition to the color, there is a good display of wave formation clouds. What I found interesting was the crossing waves in the lower left-hand corner.
After recovering and resetting our internal clocks on Tuesday, we had our regular huevos rancheros lunch for dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant. On the way home the sky treated us to another show, and, again, there was no good way to get a good photograph of it. Here’s what I managed with my phone, holding it out the window while stopped in the road.
Love those crepuscular rays.
There was some progress on our home-building program while we were in Denver. I’ll post about that later.
The homeowners’ association at our retirement house in the foothills outside Fort Collins sent Kali and me an email indicating that they were having trouble clearing the roads of the heaviest, wettest snow they had ever experienced two weeks ago. If everything goes according to plans, I’ll be retiring in early May in 3 years (yeah!), but Kali thinks we should wait to move until later in May or early June so we don’t have to contend with snow. Your experience suggests that Kali may be right.
Scott — We were checking the weather in Denver for weeks before we left, and most of the time it was warmer than here in NW Georgia. Of course, when we got there it was cool and rainy, and snowy in the mountains. Our friend called Wednesday to let us know it was warm and sunny again. Pretty changeable.
Your Denver journey reminds me of the four years I spent in Boulder, going to the university. I remember that it SNOWED ON MY BIRTHDAY, which is in May. But Colorado is always beautiful. Glad you were able to make the trip. And yes, their Elroy looks like your Zeke!
Absolutely love your sky photos. These two are really great.