Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (31)our sister-in-law, Margaret, entered several pieces in the rhino conservation art benefit in Denver
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (32) Seattle as we flew out to Colorado.Downtown on Puget Sound. Lake Washington to R. Lake Union by us to R of downtown. Bainbridge Island in Sound.
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (33) flying over the Cascades just east of Seattle on the way to Colorado
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (34)HUGE wildlife refuge bordering Denver used to produce miltary weapons . now full of wildlife .
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (35) rare black-footed ferrets re-introduced here. LOTS of prairie dogs;Rocky Mt NWR
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (36) mule deer, bison, pronghorn in Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (37) hiking trail in Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR,former secret base now a refuge.
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (38). one of many prairie dogs we saw in Rocky Mountain NWR.
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (39) where Den lived and worked at Institute Mountain West in 70s. Inst. for Study of Nonviolence. Denver
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (40) by the Institute where i lived / worked in Denver. part of Movement for New Society collectives.
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (41) our paleo-theme Denver hotel. a uintatherium found near Denver.
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (42) our hotel. Colorado famous for fossil mammals, like this uintatherium.
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (43) giant ground sloths of Colorado at our hotel
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (44) okapi at Denver Zoo. got to see their baby one.
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (45) fellow lutraphiles in Denver
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (46)Denver polar bears had a sculptural shipwreck to play on.
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (47) river otters have been restored to Colorado in numerous places.
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (48). we got to see them underwater. they are very big, our biggest living land carnivore.
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (49)South American capybara, the largest rodent species
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (50) feeding the okapis in Denver
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (51) Denver Zoo is very big and very well-done.
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (52) Denver Zoo full of flowers
Aleksander & Milam: african bongo antelopes in Denver
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (54) malayan tapir skull near the real animals
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (55) asian one-horned rhino, Denver. got to see the real critters, too.
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (56) bighorns are the state animal and symbol of Colorado.
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (57) Denver Zoo
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (58) sloths are super popular nowadays. here at the Denver Zoo giftshop.
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (59) southwest bird-of-paradise at Denver Zoo. we had these in my yard growing up.
Aleksander & Milam: Colorado 2018 (60) Denver Botanical Gardens conservatories