Denver Part 1

After so many miles on the road north to Idaho and Wyoming, we took refuge in the mountains outside of Vail, CO for 4 nights.....except for the 32F nights it was the perfect remote (read--no cell or wifi) campground. I did a little metal detecting and came up with a 1943 S nickel ....woohoo! (detectorista's delight!)

Our campground host was a Tolkien

character named Boogie who hobbled 

around with a tall wooden staff and 

personally greeted all campers.

Skeeter Beaters screen window coverings---they work!

Then the time had come to venture towards the crazy big city of Denver....to meet up with several friends....but on our way there, we stopped in the historic mining town of Georgetown.

Ahhh, Colorado.....clever names for green services...it's a "wellness" center *wink

Our first stop in Denver was with a Navy SEAL friend of Tim's, Mike Seidler, who invited us (luck would have it) to a very large and very exclusive Navy SEAL Foundation fundraiser that night.  

The venue was out in X-Jet's private hanger at Centennial, CO airport........yeah, some of the donor$ were arriving in their private lear jets for $10K per plate.   So our first stop was a mall, our life-on-the-road-camping attire was way less than perfect....like only worth about $10 per plate.
 Feeling like Cinderella (and fella) we were totally overwhelmed....and emotionally moved by the generous attention given to Gold Star (family of deceased soldiers)SEAL families and team members. 

There were 50+ tables dedicated to each state.... 







Looks like a SEAL terrorist...they had several models in latest gear and uniforms.


Tim met up with a long lost team mate, Mike Gotchey of Steamboat Springs, CO
(on left and Mike Seidler in mid) 

Thank you Mike and Allyson for five star hosting in Aurora, CO!