Here are the photos from our recent Colorado road trip. While in Denver we hooked up with some college friends. Nomita and her family live just outside of Boulder in Louisville, which has a lovely downtown where we enjoyed a street fair, pizza, and breakfast. On the way home we stopped by to see Marci in Aurora and had some delightful Chinese.

Also in Denver we did a bit of bicycling on the awesome Cherry Creek and Platte River trails, which intersect in Downtown. We also did some touristy stuff checking out the public library, the infamous Art Museum expansion, and the awesome Tattered Cover.

Then it was onto the mountains for Estes Park, camping and hiking in Rock Mountain National Park, and driving the Trail Ridge Road. Finally we returned via Fort Collins to check out that cool college town and have lunch at one of the many microbreweries.

I came across this quote on the excellent Americablog…

I am a bit disconcerted that GWB is being sedated for his colonoscopy. One would wish that he’d be awake for that; perhaps then it would give him a sense of empathy for what he has been doing to us for the past 7 years.

Congrats to Sara and Josh on their new addition…

Last week Michelle and went to see Bill Clinton speak for the 50th anniversary of the Truman Presidential Library. It was a great speech that touched on lessons we can learn from Truman’s legacy and apply it today’s mess. There was a lot of “what would Harry do” if he were in charge today. And it was awesome to be in the presence of a competent president again. I saw him speak at Drake once, and all these years later he’s still got the mojo.

Also, the Community of Christ Auditorium in Independence is groovy++. It’s a beautiful 1920’s building that has been wonderfully maintained over the years. I was surprised to overhear so many conversations between people who had never been there before, perhaps there were just a lot of folks that don’t normally go north of College Boulevard or east o Ward Parkway. Anyway, it’s a local landmark like Municipal Auditorium or the Nelson-Atkins Museum. If you haven’t seen it, go take a tour of the auditorium and the adjacent temple.

Clever Cycles, a Portland dealer of Dutch utility bikes, provides this very cool illustration of riding position on different kinds of bikes.  It’s accompanied by a good article explaining the diagram.

I’ve only ridden a Dutch style bike once, in Dutchlandia The Netherlands.  It was incredibly comfortable and a real joy to ride.  I think my next bike will be Dutch.  I’ll just skip right over today’s fixed-gear fad and go right for the next big fad.