Escaping The Heat

My sister Susan and I, along with her dog Blackberry, drove to Echo Lake on Mount Evans this past Sunday afternoon to escape the 101 degree heat down in Denver. Echo Lake is located at an altitude of 10,600 feet, 14 miles from the mountain town of Idaho Springs and 14 miles from the 14,265 foot summit of Mount Evans. It was jacket weather at Echo Lake, and since reservations are required - and a fee charged - to drive to the summit, we decided we had driven far enough. By the way, there are plans to change the name of Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky, due to the role John Evans, the governor and superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Colorado Territory, played in the Sand Creek Massacre, where mostly Native American women and children were killed. But what I want to know is if this means Evans Avenue in Denver will become Blue Sky Avenue, and the city of Evanston, Illinois will be renamed Blue Sky, Illinois? Not to be confused with south suburban Blue Island, of course. And God knows the chaos that will take place if everything named Washington and Lincoln will have to be changed, too. I'm just sayin'.