Our family all wanted Ben's fiance Gillian to meet Julia and John in person. (We had all skyped at Thanksgiving.) A trip to Colorado was planned between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Gillian was not able to be with us for the whole trip but we had her for a few days before she set off for another previously-planned trip.
We arrived while John and Julia were still at work, so we went to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Park. There were about 75 bison very close to the road.
The next day, we and Ben went to El Dorado Canyon. There are no rock climbers to watch this time of year. It was snowing but we were able to take a nice hike anyway.
On the weekend we were able to spend more time with Julia and John. Here she is on the balcony of the Denver Museum of Art.
The museum has an extensive wing of Native American art from all over North America.
On Saturday we had a late Thanksgiving dinner. Julia roasted turkey and made the side dishes and pumpkin pie. Ben, or family pie specialist, made the apple pie.
The day after we celebrated Thanksgiving we decorated the Christmas tree. It took a while to find a tree that was not way overpriced but finally one was found.
Paul, Ben and I went to Fort Collins for breakfast with his longtime friend Paul and his wife Pat. Then we went to this notable yarn store where I bought some Wollemeise yarn, available in the USA only at this store. Afterwards we went to the Fort Collins old town and were unimpressed - unless we were in the wrong area.
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