http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html Complementary Spouse checks in on his sister and her family in Denver. I tag along, as I’ve got free time, and John Denver promised me a Rocky Mountain high. (Note: John Denver was a liar. The Rocky Mountains don’t promote euphoria. All I’ve experienced a is a low-grade migraine headache, brought on by thin air and deficiency of oxygen.) http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#0 996bb952-1bed-4649-a0b9-7e30c40164ab http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3532.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3532.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Welcome to Estes Park. Altitude: 7,522 feet above sea level.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#1 681e1d6b-2cef-4eea-b51c-4be806e50755 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3531.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3531.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Translation: Quit your bitchin&#x2019; and wait for the damn light</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#2 59d2ce34-9ee6-4e55-a7ab-965dba3c2aaf http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3536.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3536.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Inside the Caramel Crisp candy shop and diabetes information center</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#3 21636b93-9a55-4513-b120-ca4a6ca9d47f http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3540.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3540.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Rocky Mountain clusters? I hope these are not chocolate-covered Rocky Mountain oysters.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#4 38cb207c-7dd5-47cb-be79-14970fc2729e http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3571.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3571.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Elephant in the intersection</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#5 e0cf9f05-a3ed-4d81-bebd-6c07e5e9c5c3 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3574.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3574.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">T is for T-shirt. T is also for tacky.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#6 94d5a9c5-5b55-4e70-a109-82e178677601 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3578.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3578.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">I'm pretty sure this is not what PETA stands for, literally and figuratively</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#7 b83c9724-37ac-4d41-9c95-32ac2a513367 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3587.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3587.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">This is not my hot sauce. This is my legal defense. You know, just in case.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#8 59be2f68-afbd-4ecb-b852-4dd17e0ecdcb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3551.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3551.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Laura's Fine Candies: Greatest motto in Estes Park</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#9 2836ea1e-8699-4ff4-8691-9ce732a9e23c http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3549.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3549.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Hop to it, bunny icing lady!</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#10 f0eb873c-4803-4b48-ab48-70e16cd4fe00 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3553.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3553.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">These rabbits will suffocate in these plastic bags</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#11 2cfb3c2e-a801-4e18-960f-2cad4d7c62ca http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3576.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3576.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">I believe this shop sells some kind of candy</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#12 00e49606-cab5-4cd3-89c0-1c370f2c2f0a http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3589.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3589.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">This is what it looks like when bears do aerobics</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#13 c44583dd-ea3c-4df4-bd94-a822a22dbd2d http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3590.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3590.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">It starts to snow in the mountains</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#14 26754f0f-bfcb-4068-8ce0-54670de54164 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3591.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3591.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">I know people like to bronze their children's shoes &#x2014; but the entire child, and pet too?</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#15 3ff77b86-8bba-4251-a895-a97cddc9732c http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3593.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3593.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">There is a similar store called The Enraged Elk just around the corner</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#16 2451056d-fafa-4be7-9127-d99a335e5af1 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3598.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3598.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">The snow thickens as we leave Estes Park and head downhill to Boulder</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#17 3ac61294-9e94-47bb-adef-f5f784b53cc2 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3602.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3602.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">In Boulder, I find a nice Elk statue. I think I should climb on it ...</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#18 71cc5089-2ebc-4288-bf37-f5697d5ded52 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3600.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3600.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">... oh, damn it!</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#19 dc756041-6c1b-48b2-a003-1ccb4921e105 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3610.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3610.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">These chocolates are made of glass. Worst. Candy. EVER.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#20 750a8565-d5f7-45f8-b620-fd479d453343 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3605.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3605.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Boulder bowls and stuff</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#21 6546cce5-3eab-4176-9559-1b9dddaf9469 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3611.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3611.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Boulder's pedestrian downtown</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#22 53943199-9820-4834-812b-df5d85669cf0 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3613.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3613.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">The art deco courthouse</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#23 e4f38fa8-0a07-4bb0-8396-e1be12b37a34 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3615.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3615.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Give me a home, here, where the deer and the antelope play</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#24 ba7cb56f-3d79-4bcc-9a1a-b65c382fa837 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3618.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3618.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">iConsidered buying this T-shirt for my nephew. iDid not, though.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#25 190d723f-1747-4384-8d04-ef85e785a434 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3621.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3621.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Is this a band or something sold on late-night TV? Either way, we were a day late.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#26 2df05e90-bef5-45ef-8fc9-0c554a67e04d http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3624.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3624.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Faux ironic, nostalgic or lascivious tees are required by law in college towns</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#27 812ce1b6-e0b6-4fea-aeca-cb7add99b613 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3626.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3626.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Toys and kites and such!</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#28 ff914cd5-80af-4c5d-812f-f7f46bd6b542 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3627.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3627.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">&#x201C;And the Nobel Prize for the Most Useless Product goes to ...&#x201D;</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#29 2e8fc85c-c220-4e7a-9016-e8150b23a00c http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3637.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3637.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Britt's family in their favorite Mexican restaurant, Hilario&#x2019;s, in Denver</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#30 7ab2ace2-5762-4a0a-9c46-42b9000b07e5 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3669.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3669.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Denver at dusk</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado.html#31 d9ee59d9-5b02-4900-a498-009e334a2264 http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3672.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/simanoff/Photos2008/Colorado_files/Media/IMG_3672.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">They tried to make me go to rehab, but I said this three times</p></div></div>