Space Ship House, West of Denver

Also known as the Sleeper House. Yep Woody Allen fans - that Sleeper.
This morning I finally broke down and searched "space ship house denver", and there were a few articles, a couple of which I'll tag for you here.
Check out the photos here: Home of the Week: Sleeper House
And see the more complete story here: I heard there's a futuristic house somewhere in Denver that kind of looks like an egg.?
"Sitting high on a ridge above Genesee Park is a structure that has been compared to a space ship, a clamshell, or an electric razor. Traveling west from Denver on I-70, motorists on I-70 are greeted by a truly enigmatic piece of architecture. Sitting high on a ridge above Genesee Park is a structure that has been compared to a space ship, a clamshell, or an electric razor. The egg shaped main body of the house sits on a tower like a mushroom on a stem, with full length windows looking out over Denver and the plains to the east, and Bald Mountain and the Front Range across the canyon to the north. "As we left Golden our first morning in Colorado, and headed up to Lookout Mountain and Buffalo Bill's Grave site, this space ship appeared on the hill. We couldn't get close, and didn't have time to try, but you could see that this was a neat place. Now that I see that it was also part of Sleeper, I'll have to watch that movie again.

Just in case you are in the neighborhood on I-70 west of Denver, look left.
Edited from earlier when I insisted that this was north of Denver.

Detour By Red Cliff, Colorado

Still on Rt. 24, just after the modern "ghost town" at Notch Mountain,...
...there was a construction area at the bridge over Red Cliff.
Instead of waiting to continue on Rt. 24, I took the quite breathtaking detour around the cliff that names the town.

There I found this quite unique chalet.

As I made a few turns, and turn arounds, I found myself along this stream.
There were the aspens, ...

and vivid orange lichen (I think - Mr. Hertzler would know!),
all found in this one out of the way spot.

The road less traveled was a treasure.

VIDEO OF THE STREAM IN RED CLIFF, CO

Top of the Rockies Scenic Byway

If you are near Vail and have a day to drive, take Route 24 to Leadville.

There is fantastic scenery, and true history to see along the way.

What remains of Camp Hale are the foundations below.


Visualize these four in a row or see the video below.


VIDEO OF THE PANORAMA ALONG RT 24 NEAR LEADVILLE

Catch Up and Keep Up

Friends:

I still have so many Colorado pictures to share, and pictures I haven't taken at home (Still that pocket problem. I like gym shorts in the summer). I'm afraid I'm getting further behind in everything.

Here's a little catch up from our first day ride from Denver to Poania, along some designated Scenic Routes on Rts. 91, 82 and 133. Lunch in Leadville.Hurry so I can use the solar potties.Independence, outside of Aspen. Ghost interpreter anyone?

Truth is, we came home a day early from our vacation because Mom had a bit of a fall. We are trying to nurse her along and get her moving again. Having been through a similar problem myself just six weeks ago, I know things take time, and it works better with rest and help.

Once again, I ask your patience as my blogs are here and there, and not always on time.Here is today's picture of Mia from the mudroom door. If only I could sleep like this!

Border Collies On The Trail Ride

Of course you know we have our calendar boy Jock, the Border Collie. So when we went on a trail ride at a sheep farm this week, what did I take pictures of? Border Collies.

Dee Dee and Betsy ran along with us for the almost two hours of riding in warm and dusty conditions. They were both small and about ten pounds lighter than Jock. Betsy (above) had had eight pups two weeks ago, but preferred to run with us. Her poor hungry babies!A few times the dogs were so close underfoot, you could hear their panting but couldn't see them. Because Dee Dee looks so much like Jock, she had more than her share of photos. When we stopped for a break, the dogs found the shade. As the ride traveled higher, the views got grander.
Dave was a few horses behind in the single file up the hill.
His paint is the mother of Princess, the young horse I rode. Here we looked down at the farm where we started our ride.Princess liked to stay ahead of the pack and by the lead horse, so we got to learn a lot about the place from one of the sons of the owners. Princess got to pinch some of the freshly baled hay at the end. View of the trail ride area from the farm.

Thank You Colorado!

View from Paonia

I had my first visit to Colorado this past week and what a pleasure it was. At first I was disappointed with the scenery, and as soon as I said so out loud, the views began to leap at me.But the best part of Colorado was visiting old friends. First we stayed a lovely night and day with my freshman college roommate, Eileen, and her husband Chuck. We got to be there for their wedding anniversary, and we were at that wedding just 22 short years ago. It was so nice to relax on a nice warm evening with them, and try to catch up with our lives.In Vail, I spent a few hours with my running partner from my first marathon, Jan, who had left for Vail twenty nine years ago.What is wonderful is how we can pick up where we left off, and continue the conversation. All of us have children, and homes, and a few gray hairs, but we are still the young, albeit, slower, women we met in our youth. Friends are the best part of travel.