Colorado 2013 – Page 14 – Not Your Average Engineer

October 18, 2013

My First Snow in Golden

This morning I woke to a white and muffled world. While it had snowed a few weeks ago in Golden, I managed to miss the previous storm due to being out of town. This time I got to experience my first snow in Colorado.

We got about an inch up at my townhouse.

On campus we had about an inch when I arrived but by the time the storm blew past we ended up with just under two inches. The sidewalks and roads stayed mostly clear.

South Table Mountain in the snow and fog.

At about 9:30am the sun burst through the clouds and everything became stunningly beautiful.

Looking out the window of the stairwell from my building.

South Table Mountain.

“The Greeting” statue with the Big M in the background.

Guggenheim in the snow.

The crane behind the rec center is building a new dorm.

“A Friend to Lean On” even had a dusting of snow.

The front side of Guggenheim.

Looking across Kafadar Commons. All of the trees still have their leaves in Golden.

South Table Mountain.

Looking up 16th street toward my building (on the left). Gorgeous!

October 12, 2013October 13, 2013

The Great American Beer Festival (and some trains)

On the way to the Great American Beer Festival, I changed trains on the Denver light rail system next to a big Union Pacific Railroad engine yard. There must have been close to 100 big diesel locomotives idling in the yard.

Out side the Colorado Convention Center, there were all manner of beer trucks parked. The Left Hand Brewing Company uses a limo to transport beer.

The parking garage on this high rise has an interesting set of flapping metal squares. It creates a pixel effect when the wind blows.

Waiting in line to get into the beer hall. Becky had a spare ticket and invited me along to drink some good beer.

Batman says PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY.

There were bagpipers playing as we all marched into the building to start tasting beer from around the USA.

In the main hall. There were thousands of beers available.

One of the breweries had a chapel setup and were in fact performing weddings. I’m pretty sure that we didn’t actually get married.

A roving band of bagpipers made trips through the various aisles.

There was a mobile barbershop setup in the hall. This is the “before” picture. I decided to get my beard trimmed.

And afterward. The mustache looks like I’m some sort of creeper.

September 1, 2013September 2, 2013

Scrambling Along Climbers Trails in El Dorado Canyon with Eileen

Over the weekend, Eileen and I went out to hike around in El Dorado Canyon. Jen had shown Heather and me the canyon a few weeks ago. Now that I am more acclimatized to Colorado’s altitude, I was able to actually hike up and down some of the terrain.