July 4th

 Mom and I did the usual July 4th pancake breakfast in Jamestown followed by the parade - 5 minutes worth with local Kazoo band and fire truck with kids throwing candy - the little boy beside  us cleaned up as he was the only child in the area.  We then went up to Eldora - the town - where I had gone once briefly when exploring the area rather than ski in the wind.  Just out of town is the Hessie Trail (about 500 yards along is the townsite of Hessie - nothing left - must have been a busy valley about 1900 with two towns so close.  Mining b rough in a lot of people  We walked a bit.  I had a heart halter on - routine test - and wanted to see how the heart behaved at an altitude - I felt pretty good.  Then drove up to the ski area so I could get to almost 10,000  feet.

On the way back through Nederland we stopped at the Carousel.  It was going strong - almost full of riders.  Brought back some good memories of Rachael and Emily on the animals when they were exhibited in the library.

Hessie Trail - mountains are the back side of Eldora and the area they hope to expand into.

We took a ride and then went across the street for ice cream and ended up spending an hour and a half listening to music.  We like the first band with a sax better than the second all string affair.  It was a delightful relaxing afternoon in cool temps - mid 70s.  When we got down to Boulder it was in the mid 90s.  Watched a very good broadcast of fireworks from Washington - one of the best of those shows for a long time.  The fireworks went on forever - 30 min? and were beautiful and the popular music was very pleasant.

Last Thursday I went to Denver alone to see an art exhibit - Ives St. Laurent retrospective.  Denver was the only US stop.  I was pleasantly surprised at both the history the show reflected - he led/reflected ???? the changes in  women's dress style from 1955 when he started at Dior but especially after 1962 when he started his own place.  The relation of the artist to history - leading or reflecting changing ideas has always intrigues me.  I wasn't prepared for that in this show.  The over 200 dresses - many tuxedos and pant suits as he introduced them both for women - were interesting and again reflected the time period - lots of Picasso paintings on the material and influence from Chinese, Spanish, and other countries - the globalization of the post WW II era!

We want to thank Julie for forwarding the information  about Bunny Sayces's death on July 1st.  We have decided not to go back for the July 21st Memorial Service.  It is a hectic time here for us with several days of Presidential responsibilities for me.  Instead, we have tickets to fly east on Friday July 27 and hope to go to Concord to see Anne the 30 and 31st.  We'll then go to the shore from Concord if all goes smoothly.