Archive for May, 2008

Up in the mountains…

Posted by Peter on May 31st, 2008

Today (Friday) I spent mostly up in the mountains, in the towns of Silver Plume and Georgetown. These are both old mining towns that have been restored back to their old glory. People actually live there, so they are not just there for tourism… I went on the Georgetown Loop railroad which runs from Silver [...]

Some photos from the flight

Posted by Peter on May 30th, 2008

Forgot to upload these earlier…some photos taken during the flight just after we crossed Hudson Bay, which was still covered with pack ice!! But at least you can see how cold it is still up north in Canada!

Here!!

Posted by Peter on May 30th, 2008

Arrived in Denver just before 4pm this afternoon (Denver time, GMT -7hrs). Almost didn’t make the flight due to a slight altercation with Her Majesty’s Finest…but more about that when I’m back in the UK…suffice to say it was all a misunderstanding! I’ve just come back from a nice Buffalo Wing and Rib dinner, and [...]

Almost time…

Posted by Peter on May 28th, 2008

Well, it is almost time to head off to Colorado! I leave tomorrow from Heathrow at about 1.15pm and get in to Denver at around 4.30pm Colorado time (about 11.30pm UK time…7 hrs behind UK). On Friday morning I will be heading out into the mountains above Denver – the weather forecast looks good (about [...]