From: Harv
Question: Hey Harv, we have just entered Colorado. There is a temporary rainstorm so Beth had to slow down to 70MPH. I wanted to send an email to ask for suggestions, or I guess if I send it through this website the
question should be "do you have a recommended plan for us?" We are on Route 70 heading towards Denver.
Yer pal, Warren
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Hi Warren!
Recommended plan: SLOW DOWN! :-)
I've forwarded your email to Harv
Have fun!
Best regards,
Carl
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On 6/13/07, Harv wrote:
Warren and Beth:
[If you don't receive this, please let me know right away - chuckle, chuckle, chuckle...)
You're likely to Denver by now...and, by our time, it's 7:45 there now time to get up and moving!!!
Time, desire and direction will determine what to see, where to go...so, you need to help me here.
In Denver, the new Museum of Art downtown is spectacular, the Museum of Natural History on Colorado Boulevard (east of downtown) is great. The downtown 16th Street walking mall is funky and sorta fun. Also lots of other "attractions" - but, again, time, desire and direction. Boulder, the University of Colorado, is about 30-35 miles northwest of downtown. Estaes Park, the entry to Rocky Mountain National Park, is further northwest from Boulder by about 40 miles or so...RMNP is fantastic! Then, depending on where you want to end up next, I could give you additional info...so, please receive this message...then get back to me about your schedule, direction, etc.
Glad you're having a wahooo time!!!
Love from all here...keep smiling...and thriving...
Harv...for the crew
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Hi Harv,
We did receive your message. We are in Castle Rock, which I think is about 30 minutes to Denver. We had planned to stay in Denver last night, but torrential rain made our decision to park here. Pretty town. So...........about our time table, we have to be in San Francisco by the 20th.
So I guess the question is should we spend more than a day. I have looked on line and there is so many places to see, looks like you could park here a while. Our thought was to see a couple of things today and head off on route 70. We think our plan is to drive thru to Utah and then the corner of Nevada, then up toward San Francisco. If you have more input would love it as we know you are so familiar with this part of the country. So..................... Look forward to a response.
Love Colorado already, stunning, big, beautiful. Lets hear from you
Big Hugs, Beth
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On 6/13/07, Harv wrote:
Warren and Beth: Well…this is GREAT!! Glad we're in contact…
You've got it right – too much to see…and you've just scratched the surface…it's a HUGE state, with LOTS of things to see. [I spent 10 years there---and there are still things I haven't seen that I want to see!!]
You really should get up to Denver for a day…sights mentioned earlier plus whatever you happen upon. Then, up to Estes Park, through Rocky Mountain National Park, back south over Berthoud Pass on US 40 to I-70 just below Empire. I-70 west to Copper Mountain, Colorado, then Colorado 91 south to Climax and Leadville, then Route 24 south to route 82 west, over Independence Pass to Aspen…Continue on 82 to Glenwood Springs (HUGE Hot Springs pool there if you'd like a dip), then re-connect with I70 to continue your trip west into Utah. While it might be enticing to stay on 70…fast, etc., there's not much to see. I'd suggest that, once in Utah, you head for Canyonlands, Bryce and Zion National Parks (all in the south of the state), at least, before "getting' it on" with a bee-line for San Francisco. Indeed, on the approach to San Francisco, consider coming into Yosemite from the east, via Rt. 395 and, then, Rt. 120 through the park itself…absolutely stunning…You head out on 120 and 108, eventually getting to "the 205" and "the 580" to Castro Valley and up to "the 80" over and into SF. As you're finding…too much to see, even on your extended "schedule!!" Be well…
Love from all
Harv…and the gang
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To: Harv
OK, we've marked our map, I finished writing a little for the blog and we are going to load up and head to Denver. As you think of things, just keep sending quick ideas. We will see them when I plug in while Beth is driving. I can't get reception everywhere, but this will be really helpful. Our Indiana guide could help us this far but doesn't know the mountain area.
Thanks a lot, Warren
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On 6/14/07, Harv wrote:
Warren and Beth:
Hope you had a GREAT day in and about Denver and, perhaps, into the mountains. Weather looks phenomenal for the next 10 days…enjoy your time there. Alyssa and Tori send their love…and encouragement on your "discovery adventure!!" Travel safe…
Harv and the crew
p.s. where do I find your blog?
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From: Harv
Date: Jun 15, 2007 10:02 AM
Warren and Beth:
Thank you for the reference – I've been to the blog and have gone through ALL – what a treasure you bring to us…it reads as you ARE – light, bright, fun.
A bit of additional reference for you: I'm so happy you discovered the Denver Botanical Gardens. Let me add some personal depth for you: The main "mover and shaker" to establish that facility was a friend and colleague, Dr. Jack Durrance, with whom I worked in the 60s at the University of Colorado Medical Center (indeed, I dated his daughter, Charis, for a while). Jack came from a mighty outdoors family…he was a significant technical climber in his time – ascent routes in the Tetons are named after him, first ascent, etc. His brother, Dick Durrance, was a major "player" in the ski movie market…one of the pioneers…leading into two other well-known ski/outdoor movie makers, Warren Miller – and WARREN WITHERELL, the movie maker! Dick Durrance had/has a home in Aspen, where I used to visit (dating his niece, after all!!), in the middle of the middle of Red Mountain, the hill facing opposite Aspen mountain. It's the house that looks like the St. Louis Arch – upside down U-shaped front…if it's still there…you might peek for it if you pass through thataways!!
Note about Utah: I forgot to suggest that you consider also stopping by Arches National Park, over near Canyonlands and before you'd reach Bryce and Zion…really lotsa additional beauty there. Also, if you'd want to see another spectacular mountain area of Colorado, down in the southwest there's Ouray, Silverton, Telluride and Durango – plus, Mesa Verde, the fantastic and mystical Anasazi Ruins area. Then, from there, you could loop up to Arches, Canyonlands and on to Bryce, Zion, etc. on your way to your Californication…
Tears also on the 30th here – and the vignettes about the Dragonflies of that day are so, soo telling… Travel safely…and with googly eyes… We all send our love…
Harv, Doreen, the girls…and the gang
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