Flying out of Columbus, Ohio at 6:30 a.m., we touched down in Denver shortly before 10:00 a.m. This is where the Great Plains end and the rugged West begins.Ībout twenty years after my first trip there, I came back on spring break with my wife and kids. Even in summer, there’s snow on the peaks. To the west, some of the tallest mountains in the United States are so close they cast shadows over parts of the city and landscape in the late afternoon. If you stand anywhere with an unobstructed view, to the east are flat grassy plains as far as the eye can see. Denver sits on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. When talking with people about the American West, one of the hardest things to do is communicate the enormity and scale of the landscape.
Space Command, but other than driving to the top of Pike’s Peak in a convertible, I didn’t really get a chance to explore the surrounding area. Back in the late 1990s, I traveled there for a meeting at U.S. It was good to be back.Ĭolorado has always been a special place for me. Time and COVID hadn’t made a dent in their willingness to help others. It was the first time I’d met Mitzi, and I hadn’t seen Bob or Drew in three years. Looking at me, he smiled and extended his hand with a friendly hello.
He gave Bob a brotherly hug and shook Mitzi’s hand as they glanced around the unfinished dining room. Drew Shader walked in wearing a dark baseball cap and an untucked shirt.
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