[s-cars] Road trip from Michigan to Colorado, any good sites to see?

[chris chambers]

Alert the border patrol and hunt me down? ;-) Sounds like a dangerous
bunch! Better budget time for a brew or two!

We're planning the trip to take place starting the weekend after
Christmas through the following week. Don't have to be back in Michigan
for work until Monday January 5th but do have to include drive time!


Chris


--- dgraber460 at aol.com wrote:

> What time frame will you be coming this way?
> As Bob said of KC, we in Denver have a pretty amazing display
> downtown on the City & County Building that stays lit through mid
> January. If your coming in winter obviously skiing is king, but the
> mountains are great all year. Spring and summer should include a trip
> over Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. Awe inspiring
> scenery! (closed in winter when the snow plows can't keep up)
> 
> There will I'm sure be as many opinions as responses, but you must
> set aside about 2-3 hours to meet up with the locals and hoist a
> brew. Other wise we alert the border patrol and hunt you down. I
> would like to say I'm proud of Denver and Colorado, but in reality I
> had nothing to do with it and?just feel very privileged to live here
> and share in the natural beauty of this place.
> 
> Some might scoff at the idea, but if you have the time, there is a
> small college town off the beaten path south of I-70 that has an
> amazing space museum. Hutchinson Kansas is the home of the Carey Salt
> family and with relatives at the Smithsonian, they have amassed
> an?incredible group of space hardware. The have an SR71 in the lobby,
> an original sputnik, an unexploded V2 rocket, the Mercury 7 Capsule
> retrieved form the ocean floor, and the last time I was there they
> had the Apollo 13 capsule, and some way cool shuttle?parts?- just
> to?name a few.?But if you're not into space stuff there is not
> much?else to do there.
> 
> Keep us posted. I will be very interested to see what all shows up
> for suggestions.
> 
> 
> Dennis Graber
> Denver, CO
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com>
> To: chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: Scar <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 9:19 am
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Road trip from Michigan to Colorado, any good
> sites to see?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Chris,
> 
> If you are able to swing a little south and hit Kansas City on or 
> before 1/1/09 you absolutely MUST see the Country Club Plaza after 
> dark.  The Christmas lights are fantastic.  All of the Spanish style 
> buildings are outlined in lights and your 2 1/2 year old will love 
> it.  So will you and your better half.
> 
> The Plaza district is a must see.  It is a large (many square blocks)
> 
> shopping center and was the first such shopping center in the 
> country.  It is quite a sight to see.  Pretty good shopping, too. 
> ;-)
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> At 11:09 AM 12/12/2008, chris chambers wrote:
> >Gentz,
> >
> >I may be taking a vacation road trip from Kalamazoo, MI to
> >Colorado, wondering what fun/interesting sites anyone might
> >suggest.
> >
> >One thing to keep in mind is that one of the passenger's
> >will be my 2 1/2 year old daughter.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Chris
> >
> >
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