I am writing this in advance because I don’t have internet access tonight. As I write this I am sitting in a truck stop about 5 miles from downtown Denver. Here are a couple of pictures of the downtown area.
A and J, I know that you are dealing with states as they come into the union, but I also know you have been to Colorado before. It is a beautiful state, so long as you can avoid driving in the snow!
Denver is the capital of Colorado and its largest city…but for more info let us check Wikipedia:
The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/) is the capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States. Denver is located in the South Platte River Valley on the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Southern Rocky Mountains. The Denver downtown district is located immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River, approximately 15 miles (24 km) east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Denver is nicknamed the Mile-High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile (5280 feet or 1609.344 m) above sea level.
The United States Census Bureau estimates that, in 2006, the population of the City and County of Denver was 566,974, making it the 26th most populous U.S. city. The Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated 2006 population of 2,408,750 and ranked as the 21st most populous U.S. metropolitan statistical area, and the larger Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area had an estimated 2006 population of 2,927,911 and ranked as the 17th most populous U.S. metropolitan area. The city claims to have the 10th largest downtown in the United States.
It sits on the “front range” and for that reason has strange weather. For example, today 2/25/08, its about 50 degrees and tomorrow it will be in the 40’s….but 70 miles away, and 6000 feet higher, they are expecting 10-20 inches of snow.
One of the oddities of mountain ranges is that depending on the direction of the weather, they can either be a source of shelter or make the weather a lot worse. In the case of the storm that is coming, the mountains actually block some of the worst of storm and force it further north. While on the other side of the mountain the conditions will be bad for driving.
Now, A! I understand you did some pretty impressive picking for the NCAA tournament! And since you are interested in sports here is a question for you. Name for me the 4 big teams in Denver. One is football, one is baseball and one is hockey and one is basketball. You can see the football stadium below! “Invesco Field at Mile High”!
J, I have not forgotten you! Name for me the Mountain range to which I keep referring. Also at the foot of the mountains, south of Denver is a town called Colorado Springs. It is home to a major military academy…can you tell me what it is called, or what branch of the military it is related to?
Don’t know where I am heading yet…but I will tell you about it when I get there. Be well and Keep Smiling!
Knome
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Dear Knome,
Hope you are well and warm. We hope you are having a good time. We just now got to read your blog again. To answer your questions we talked it all over and here goes: The Mountain Range is called, The Rocky Mountains. The football team name is: The Denver Broncos, the Hockey Team is: The Colorado Avalanche, the Baseball team is: The Colorado Rockies, and the Basketball team is: The Denver Nuggets. The Military answer is: The Air Force Academy and we have a cousin who graduated from there last year.
J says there is a football team called Air Force. lol
A says it is snowing here in Texas today and we got to play outside for a little while.
All for now, hope to hear from you soon...be safe.
Love, A & J
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