August 28, 2017
MEOWT! MEOWT!
I see another feline over there.
MRRROOOOOOWWWWW! These humans are
mine! MRRRRROOOOOOWWWWW! Stay away or I will claw your eyes out!
My morning
walk took me on the trail behind the park.
It runs several miles in both directions. Here, it follows a creek. I get a few whiffs of marijuana, and pass a
few homeless people. They have thrown
lots of trash into the creek. Pity. The trail winds into Old Colorado City which
is a historic district. No time to check
it out now, but later…
Back to
Hannah for a bite. Today, we are going
to the May Natural History Museum.
Spouse saw this on the TV show ‘Strange Inheritances’. This is a bug/insect museum. It is right outside of town below the
mountains and above some lakes. It has
an RV park that is old, but quite nice.
In the museum, there are a gazillion impeccable displays of butterflies,
beetles, stick insects, spiders and all stuff in between. The earliest collection that I saw was in
1906. This went on into the 40’s. Each critter is identified by date and
location. Australia, Africa, South and
Central America, New Guinea, and even the US and Canada made contributions.
Some of the
beetles were so brightly colored, they would make beautiful pieces of jewelery.
And the variety of butterflies was
incredible. Who knew that locusts could
be so pretty (as long as they aren’t crawling on you…). Some are very rare. It had to be challenging to capture them
without breaking pieces of them off.
Many of the butterflies were displayed upside down, as the inside of
their wings are what captures your attention.
It was well worth the time to visit this collection.
After a Thai
lunch, we walked around Old Colorado City.
What a cute little historic district.
No chain stores here and lots of cutesy clothes and trinkets. I watched a glass blower for a while when
Spouse was getting a haircut. Good thing
I don’t smoke pot because I was in a trance as it was watching the glass
blower. Give me pot and I might be stuck
to him like glue!
Dinner is to
be with my work buddies Jackie Hjelm and Becky Espinoza. Jackie is going to save us some angst by
picking us up. Hmmm… where is she. I called, she is looking for us at the Elks
Club… Jackie, you didn’t listen to my
voicemail yesterday… Ok, she has the
address… her GPS can’t find it… where is
she? I call… Are you lost? Let me look up a map… Ok, here she comes!
First stop
is her house. She is way on the north
side of town. She has a beautiful home
with views of Pike’s Peak off in the distance.
Her driveway is steep and she is nestled in the woods. Her balcony opens onto a killer pathway
across rocky spires. What a
playground! She moved here last year and
is loving it.
Then on to
Castle Rock for dinner at Piati’s. Jackie
loves this place… but isn’t it on that corner?
No, maybe it is this corner… GPS
time… Oh wait… It is Siena’s... Ok, we
are there. Wonderful food, terrific
company. Eventually, we had to leave,
after all, Becky has to work in the morning.
Jackie got
us home without incident. We said our
goodbyes. What a great evening!
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