Thursday, January 13, 2011
Skylark MHP, Lafayette, CO -- 5/22-7/20
This was our "home" for almost two months while we visited friends and participated in activities. It's a nice, reasonably priced mobile home park, which calls itself a "Mobile Home Community"! We arrived just in time for the annual Mahlerfest concert in Boulder. Friends were able to get us comp tickets to the performance of Mahler's Third Symphony and an invitation to the party afterwards. The concert was excellent, as was the food and visits with musician friends.
We were able to play in one session of the Rocky Mountain Regional bridge tournament, teaming up with a pair from ABQ. None of us were at our best, and our finish was mediocre. Unfortunately, this signalled the beginning of some very mediocre bridge-playing by the two of us in Boulder. We only went about once a week, and our results were so un-stellar that we finally gave it up for activities that brought us more pleasure. We'll pick it up again when we're back in ABQ!
Other noteworthy events that we attended were "Ignite Boulder 11" (You'll need to research this online for more details! Briefly I would describe it as mostly very young adults giving a "spark" or brief talk on how to make some aspect of life better.), Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys (or some of them) in a disappointing less-than-60-minute plug for all of their separate CDs (on sale there, of course), one concert by the Colorado Music Festival, a Joan Baez concert (Willie only -- it was EXCELLENT!!), and various "music-in-the-park" type concerts in venues around the area.
The highlight was seeing all our friends who still live here and relaxing and enjoying the area. When friends Pat & Dennis Wood came through in their RV (staying at a nice Adams County Regional Park not too far away), we were able to do a couple of touristy things we hadn't done in years. We spent a day up at Brainard Lake, where at 10,000+ altitude, it was almost 30 degrees cooler than the 95+ in the Boulder area. It was delightful! We also visited the newly refurbished Denver Art Museum and enjoyed seeing the new 6th floor exhibits and the newly built large wing, and went on a tour of the Celestial Seasonings factory in Boulder.
We were able to play in one session of the Rocky Mountain Regional bridge tournament, teaming up with a pair from ABQ. None of us were at our best, and our finish was mediocre. Unfortunately, this signalled the beginning of some very mediocre bridge-playing by the two of us in Boulder. We only went about once a week, and our results were so un-stellar that we finally gave it up for activities that brought us more pleasure. We'll pick it up again when we're back in ABQ!
Other noteworthy events that we attended were "Ignite Boulder 11" (You'll need to research this online for more details! Briefly I would describe it as mostly very young adults giving a "spark" or brief talk on how to make some aspect of life better.), Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys (or some of them) in a disappointing less-than-60-minute plug for all of their separate CDs (on sale there, of course), one concert by the Colorado Music Festival, a Joan Baez concert (Willie only -- it was EXCELLENT!!), and various "music-in-the-park" type concerts in venues around the area.
The highlight was seeing all our friends who still live here and relaxing and enjoying the area. When friends Pat & Dennis Wood came through in their RV (staying at a nice Adams County Regional Park not too far away), we were able to do a couple of touristy things we hadn't done in years. We spent a day up at Brainard Lake, where at 10,000+ altitude, it was almost 30 degrees cooler than the 95+ in the Boulder area. It was delightful! We also visited the newly refurbished Denver Art Museum and enjoyed seeing the new 6th floor exhibits and the newly built large wing, and went on a tour of the Celestial Seasonings factory in Boulder.
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