I drove up to Boulder last week and walked from the Pearl Street Mall to the University of Colorado, where I strolled around the campus for the hour or so before sunset. It is a truly beautiful setting, and a lot of other people were out and about enjoying the ambiance, too, even though classes do not start until February. The building in the photograph on the left is Old Main, the first on campus, built in 1876, the year Colorado became a state. They don't call us the Centennial State for nothing.
Boulder is right up against the Flatirons, which means that in addition to getting a lot more snow than Denver, it is host to a variety of wildlife, especially deer. As I was wandering the campus, four deer surprised me by running from the front lawn of a university owned house to some woods directly across the street, where I took the photograph on the right. Surprisingly, one of the cars going down the street, driven by what appeared to be a frat boy, actually sped up and honked the horn, just missing the last deer as it scampered across the street. Hard to believe, but then again, it is hard to believe that 72 million people voted for Donald Trump, too. What can I say?
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