Cal-wood

We travelled on Thursday from Santa Fe to Denver. We crossed back into Colorado at Raton Pass. Our main sight-seeing was the Garden of the Gods at Colorado Springs. After spending a night camping at Joseph and Janell's we had a day exploring Red Rocks , seeing another very clear discontinuity, and Dinosaur Ridge before driving though Golden. There was to be a Buffalo Bill parade the next day and there were tents up for various stalls including a black one with a silver fern -Hills Hats of NZ! We didn't stop as we were hungry. From Golden we drove through Boulder and on up the Left hand Gorge through Jamestown to Cal-wood. Cal-wood is an outdoor education centre. In the evening we went down to Boulder for tea and saw the sunset on the Flatirons and a view over Boulder.

Cal-wood is a very pretty place located in a valley in the Rockies. There are bears and mountain lions I am hoping not to see any - they do apparently stay in the more densely wooded parts of the property further down the valley.

Murray is leaving for his trip into Wyoming. On his return I will get him to make a post or two.

The GIS Institute has begun well, great instructors and great participants and I don't have to lead, only learn!