Our last day

This afternoon we will take John and Cynthia to the Denver airport for their flight back to Hartford. The weather does not look good for them back home: snow, sleet, freezing rain, etc. They get in at 11:30pm - pretty late. It will probably be raining in Hartford by then after an earlier storm of mixed precipitation, but farther north it could still be mixed precip. So they might have to hang in a 24-hour diner, or go into a motel. Or the main roads may be ok but their own driveway could be a total mess. So they will have to play it by ear. 

Yesterday we finally got a chance to take a nice walk, in midday, then after that we went to a 2:30pm showing of the new Star Wars movie in Boulder. It was assigned seating - Rob had made reservations fairly late - and Ellen and I were in the second row! What an experience! Katie and Betsey are pretty informed Stars Wars buffs, John less so, but everyone far more so than I. Ellen has actually seen most of the previous films with Max, who is a huge Star Wars fan, has all the books, etc., and actually we will probably see the movie again with him later this week! But we went out to eat at an Indian Restaurant, Sherpa's, in Boulder after the film, and the talk was all about the film, the new characters, theories about what the genealogical history of the new characters might be - are they related to Luke Skywalker, or Princess Leia, or Hans Solo, or even Darth Vedar or Obi Wan Kenobi (sp?). Katie was looking at stuff online - various theories being spun by others. It was an animated conversation. I am mostly fascinated by the mythological features of the Star Wars story, and the many parallels it has with classical myths, including the whole biblical story. It is in many ways a religious myth, and the various interpretations are already spawning what might be called denominations. Everyone agreed that there will undoubtedly be more Star Wars films. It has already grossed well over 1 billion dollars in just a few days.

When we came home, several of us tackled the jig-saw puzzle in earnest. I think Rob and Katie continued to work on it after the rest of us went to bed - it may be finished.

Ellen and I will probably head out for Wyoming after we drop John and Cynthia off. There is some weather going on up in Wyoming too, but nothing like back East. Hopefully, we will have good roads.

One of the features of our stay was a full moon over Boulder:

Full moon over Boulder - from our bedroom window