Denver 2008

Went into a volcano crater which was huge!!! Obviously it was an inactive one, but it was very interesting anyway. We then went to an Indian reservation where there were some ruins of an old Indian village.

I climbed up to some caves at this place where they would have lived. I can tell you that in the heat there was I was shattered, also we were about 7,400 ft up which is another factor. Anyway, I'm realising that everywhere here is high and you have to be fit or else you just plain out of breath!

This is me on the way down, so I could cope with working my timer on the camera.

Anyway, the day I arrived in Los Alamos I was shattered after a 7 hour drive and the last two miles I could tell I was climbing and I couldn't see anything to the side of me (ie: shrubs, hard shoulder etc) just barrier then nothing. I thought to myself I be I'm on the side of a cliff! Well don't they say ignorance is bliss!?!?!?! This is the view...................

And yes I am on the road (I was the passenger). Heres another one of the road coming down from Los Alamos!

Anyway had a great weekend and saw loads of Indians, bought a sand painting off one guy which is stunning. He was telling me he was from the Navajo which is the tribe which were the code talkers in the second world war, and he came from near where I'm going on holiday. So he was explaining that where I'm going is where he got the sand for the painting I bought! But I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw these on the road side!!!!

They're real ones as well!!! It's stunning here and the people are all very nice.

Oh well back to work tomorrow - not exstatic about that after driving for 13 and a half hours and 950 miles in two days!!! Think I'm getting old!

Found out also that my sister-in-law is going to be OK, no brain damage from her stroke, thank God!!!!!!!

Coming up to my first weekend on my own so looking at what to do! Whatever it is I'm sure it's gonna be fun!

After about an hour we dragged ourselves away and headed to the Rocky Mountain National Park itself. We stopped on the way at the Stanley Hotel where Stephen King stayed and got inspiration for the booked "The Shinning" and where the film with Jack Nicholson was filmed.
We then arrived at the park and headed towards Bear Lake which was supposed to be gorgeous. It was 9,475ft high and beautiful. What I didn't realise is that it would be completley frozen over and you could walk straight over it. The area was gorgeous, and I'm going to take my Mum & Dad there when they come and Yolanda when she comes!

Yes thats me in the middle of the lake. We both made snow angels which was hilarious, as my angel seemed to have rather a large bottom!!! While we were mucking about on the lake these people walked up to us and asked for my help! Bearing in mind they were in complete ski gear with skis and sticks etc, and I couldn't believe they were asking me for help a mere tourist, so I turned round to look behind. To this the whole group burst out laughing and said they only wanted to ask me to take a photo! I think they realised my shock as I was of course very English and not as prepared as they were. They took ours too and as they were locals from the area they welcomed us to Colorado.

We then went a bit further down the mountain and found another lake. We had a stroll around the lake and found a jetty which was a must for a photo, so here you can all see my new cowboy hat which I love!

Oh well it was a great day and lots more of the park to explore in the future as I got a season pass it was soooooooo gorgeous!

Again I love it here it's so pretty!

The views were absolutley amazing so I hope you don't mind quite a few photos today, but this next picture is stunning!

This are up here is absolutley gorgeous and I think we spent the whole journey up to Vail going WOW look at that isn't it amazing. We did stop to take a few photos every now and then but at -5 to -7 it was not for the faint hearted.

See even my car looks tiny against those mountains and yes I was absolutley FREEZING. I thought that only being out for a few minutes I wouldn't put my ski jacket on but I wish I had. Anyway, heres one final photo of those gorgeous mountains - I could have filled pages and pages of photos so I chose my favourites for this.

Got a decent photo from Lindsey where she caught me (the girl scared of heights) jumping over a rail to get a photo of the mountain! Yes it was quite high but it's half the fun over here!!! I got a good photo on my camera though!!!

Anyway, what distracted me was trundling past our window was a WW2 bomber..........yes you probably all thought I was going to say my future husband but it's every day one of these drive past you!

One of the guys in the office says it's the only flying bomber of it's type, and yes it did take off!

Added to the view for the day anyway............

Lindsey and me on the way up  

Then over the top we go..........  

And down we go.........................   

And down.....................................   

So you get the picture, it was mad and HUGE.

Then after that I had to renew my contract on my hire car as it's a month this week since I've been here. Well, I had to exchange cars because the one I had before the brakes were a little dodgy on them and it was awfull. It was the lowest of the low in the line of cars and had nothing! So I ask for the next car size up. But they had none of those so they have given me a Jeep Cheroke for the same price as the one I had last month!!! It's GORGEOUS! Angela, it's not quite the pink Hummer but nearly there!!! Take a look.........

Then they brought on the mascot and cheerleaders to start it off. When the game starter the whole place took off, it was mad, and the Nuggets thankfully scored first then went on to win the match.

Anyway may have found my future job!

NBA physio - how well paid would that be.....

Oh well check out if you can spot the ball in this shot, which I hasten to add is a GREAT shot!

So all through the game there was loads of entertainment every time there was a time out or a quarter breaks. They had some OAPs doing the Soulja Boy dance which was hilarious, and then another time they had a little tiny kid who did some break dancing which was absolutley fab!

Then at halftime would you believe it but there was a wedding. Yes someone truely got married in front of about 15,000 fans. Madness!!!

Of course there were also some cheerleaders who were unbelievable. Some of the things they did were mad!

Anyway, after that we went to the Denver Aquarium which was real cool, got a few good photos.

Really cool day, had so much fun. Then tomorrow is the Nuggets, yay! I'm sure I'll be adding something tomorrow about my new experience of BASKETBALL!!!!

We then drove on into the Rockies up to an altitude of 10,000 feet and the roads were terrifying! Fran if you're reading this, Crete was a breeze in comparison.

Going out for a drive over the weekend into the mountains so will have loads of pictures for the blog.

The weather is really weird here, the day I took these photos we couldn't see more than two feet ahead due to snow! Then in the evening it was this clear, with no snow!

Got loads of great channels with all the new CSI's etc.,

Anyway, saw this real life cadillac the other day! So cool, just one of those great american things!! Also thought I'd got to NYC the other day with the line of taxis I saw!!

This is the view from my bedroom balcony! Quite impressive..........we went out on Saturday, and I got sunburnt cos it was so hot. We went into Denver central and had icecreams!

Then next day, I wake up to a massive shock!

The USA is fantastic, and the people are really nice. My apartment is so cool, and from my bedroom window I can see the rockies.