Our time in Boulder

DAY THIRTY-TWO: We've had a lovely three days in Boulder. Betsey is doing amazingly well. She is in her fifth week of treatment, and she looks great and feels good. Every day we were here was an extra long day for her. One day she had a hair appointment after her treatment, the next she had a going-away party for a colleague at work, today she had an extra-long session with her energy healer,  so she has missed her meditation time after treatment, and she's been tired by evening, but she is amazing. She dreamt that her healing colors were white, violet and green, so we got her  a bouquet today in those colors. This evening we had a lovely meal at Sushi Toro which had lots of things on the menu Betsey could eat. And it was good too !

Ellen and I have had a fairly quiet time this week. Ellen has done some cooking for Betsey's lunches, and has done a lot of reading. We have made several trips to Alfalfa's an organic supermarket, which has a very nice cafe and an amazing selection of food. Below is the produce section with a special little bit of Boulder culture being advertised: Drag Queen Bingo night with a First Ladies theme. Come in drag dressed like one of the First Ladies and win a prize ! 

Produce section at Alfalfa's with billboard

I made two trips to the music library at Univ  of Colorado to photocopy and then cut and 3-hole punch a score of Handel's oratorio Samson, which we 'll be singing when we get home -  we're missing several rehearsals.  But we have both a CD and the music now so we can work on it on the way back home. 

I also read a Jane Langton mystery that was in our bedroom, and started Isak Dinesen's Seven Gothic Tales  -  very unusual stories. We 've also taken short walks. Yesterday we walked a little way up a road past Rob and Betsey's house past an old schoolhouse that has been preserved, and an area with vivid vestiges  of the fire that swept through here about 7 or 8 years ago. 

      Sunshine School house, built 1900.

The school is still used for occasional community events.

             Forest fire scene at dusk

Today we took a little excursion to Nederland, CO - a lovely drive through the mountains. It is a pretty quirky place. We had coffee and scones and learned about Dead Frozen Guy Days - coming up in March. It seems that a Norwegian man froze his grandfather cryogenically back in 1983, the grandson was deported back to Norway but grandpa is still frozen in Nederland and has become a tourist attraction. I said it was a quirky place!

We came back to Boulder through the canyon and went to the Chautauqua park which is still an active place where you can rent little cabins and attend cultural events and lectures. It has a commanding view of Boulder. 

 A scene in Nederland with a little taste of Colorado culture.

                   Boulder canyon

           The Dining Hall at Chautauqua

                   The Auditorium

     View of Boulder from the Auditorium 

     A typical rental cabin - this 2-bedroom cabin would rent for c . $250 a night at high season, but only about $200 this time of year. 

Boulder is a biker 's heaven. It's much friendlier to bikes than to cars. Which is good! But it takes a bike shop like this to support it . 

Some of the bikes we could see from the window were $3000! But a $2200 one was on sale for $1950!

We leave tomorrow for Columbia MO to see Katie again. On our way out of this area we 'll stop in Arvada CO to see my seminary classmate, Robb Lapp.