Day one -
ride through town, looking at houses
Nice airport

Day two -
On the ride to Georgetown we went by the "Marlboro valley" where they
filmed the infamous Marlboro man riding that horse on the prairie.
We also saw the house way up on the hill that was in Woody Allen's film
Sleeper.  I think it's called the spaceship house because that's what it
looks like.  Looks like something by Frank Lloyd Wright, but it isn't.

Georgetown - mining town
and ride up the mountain
Because the grade was too much of an angle for the train to be able to
get from the one town to the other one up the mountain, the train had
to go over to the other side, and come back around "over top of itself"
so that it could make it up the grade up to the next mining town.
At the time, this was a worldwide attraction sort of like the Brooklyn
bridge.  It was taken down in the 1930's or 40's but was rebuilt in
recent years the exact same way - only the steel now makes the bridge
five times stronger.  Back in the day, they say the bridge swayed when
the train went over it.  The locomotive they use now was built around
1914.  The track is also of a smaller gauge than most trains running
across the USA, which makes it easier to make sharper turns.
Trestle picture.  Hit your back button to get back here.

We visited a hotel that was set up in this town around 1900 called the
Paris hotel.  Run by a guy who came over from Paris.  A lot of stuff
there has been presereved - the whole hotel, as a matter of fact.
We had lunch in a Greek resteraunt in town - very good food.

Day three
to Cheyenne
Do you know that in all of Wyoming there is no escalator?
There are two four lane highways - all the rest are two lane.
In the whole state there are no revolving doors.
cocktails at Carrol's

Day four
reunion at the park in Cheyenne
The park.  Get back here with BACK button.
 

Day five
back in Denver and to Casa Bonita
A resteruant that, to me, seemed like the whole Wildwood Boardwalk
under one roof.  Those old style picture places to boot.
They have a waterfall, and a stage that divers dive from - and actors
do their act.  Every fifteen minutes its something different.  They're
young, and it shows in the show.  At least it keeps them off the streets.

Day six
Mount Evans - the tallest mountain in the US that you can drive to the
summit.  (Pike's Peak is not as high, and can be seen to the south)
Up at the top - you can see it looks like we're even higher up in altitude
than some of those clouds in the distance.
 The top of the world.  Hit your back button to get back here.
The ride up is perilous.  Our driver, my cousin Jan, did an excellent job.
There are no "sides" to the roads - and the traffic coming down must share
the road.  Many of the turns are indeed 'hairpin' turns where you might change
your direction 180 degrees.
The ride down was so scary I just laid in the back seat and took a nap.
Problem with that was, I didn't get to swallow and "pop" my ears - and they
stayed that way, until, gulp, there!
Red Rock concert place on the way back
 That's Denver way off in the back.  Hit Back button to get back here.
You can see from their concession stand that they serve beer and wine
and pizza - but also Philly cheesesteaks.  But wonders how authentic
they are as they can't even call it by it's right name (Phila Steak Sand)
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Murphy's war

   Just sitting here and thinking
  of what we left behind

   we hate to put on paper
  what's running through our mind

   out in the hills with a rifle
  down in a ditch with a pick

   doing the work of a slave
  and too dam tired to kick

   where shells keep bursting forever
  where a man gets forceably blue

   down at the very bottom
  thousands of miles from you

   the rains, the cold keep coming
  it's more than a man can stand

   no, no, we are not convicts
  but defenders of our land

   protected by bullet proof tin hats
  earning a meager pay

   we guard people with millions
  for a dollar and a half a day

   we live just for tomorrow
  we long to see our gals

   hoping that when we return
  they're not married to our "pals"

   no one knows we are living
  and no one gives a dam

   back home we are soon forgotten
  we are just loaned to uncle Sam

   such feelings we have confronted
  they are hard to tell

   we hope it is nice in heaven
  we have served our time in hell.
 

      SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
   ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Allied expeditionary force!
You are about to embark upon a Great Crusade toward which
we have striven these many months.  The eyes of the world
are upon you.  The hopes and prayers of liberty loving
people everywhere march with you.  In company with our
brave Allies
and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts you will bring about
the destruction of the German war machine.  The elimination
of Nazi tyrrany over the oppressed peoples of Europe and
securtiy for ourselves and a free world.

Your task will not be an easy one.  Your enemy is well
trained, well equipped and battle hardened.  He will fight
savagely.

But this is the year 1944!  Much has happened since the
Nazi triumphs of 1940-41.  The United Nations have inflicted
upon the Germans
great defeats in open battle
man to man.
Our air offensives have seriously reduced their strenght
in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground.
Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority
in weapons and munitions of war and placed at our
disposal great reserves of fighting men.  The tide has
turned!  The free men of the world are marching together
to Victory!

I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty
and skill in battle.  We will accept nothing less than
full Victory!

Good Luck!  And let us all beseech the blessing of
Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
Signed by Dwight D Eisenhower