....will we live next time this year? This last weekend the heavens aligned and UEA (which equals 2 days off of work for teachers in Utah) and Fall Break for the U ended up on the same week. Marvelous. Simply marvelous. With law school application deadlines nearing, we decided to take a quick trip to Colorado to visit their two law schools--Denver University and University of Colorado at Boulder. One of my co-workers recommended that we drive through Laramie...claiming it would be a beautiful drive. False. Sorry, Wyoming, you are not beautiful. But, we did see some of the wind energy things....(that makes me sound like an eco idiot, sorry). Which was neat. (We did drive home the other way, through Colorado and up through Price and Provo, which was GORGEOUS because of all of the fall leaves...well worth the extra 30 minutes).
Our first stop was Denver University. Oh, my. Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful campus. It's located about 10 minutes from downtown Denver. The law building and education building are brand new...beautiful! (A huge difference from the crumbling Milton Bennion Hall that I spent my undergrad years in at the U). We were really impressed with our respective departments, but most importantly Don loved their law program. They have some really great programs in place.
Later that day we went downtown and explored a little bit, which was alot of fun. They have some neat museums, an outdoor pedestrian mall and a beautiful capitol building. We of course also perused the surrounding neighborhoods, of which we thoroughly enjoyed. Every neighborhood has a park with little restaurants and shops tucked in--very fun.
Our next school stop was University of Colorado at Boulder. I have never seen such a HUGE campus. It too was beautiful and sits right against the mountains. We spent the afternoon driving around Denver and found a yummy falafel restaurant. Yum.
We absolutely loved Colorado. Add it to the list of places we want to go to law school!
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| Downtown Denver |
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| US Mint |
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| Capitol Building |
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| Capitol building...does it look vaguely familiar? |
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| Downtown little plaza area |
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| Art Museum |
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| Pearl Street Mall in Boulder |
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| We made it to the Denver Temple (don't mind the van parked out front) |
I could have told you to avoid Laramie. Derek lived there for 4 years and we visited him many times. CO is ok if you totally enjoy winter weather. I think you should come down to Tucson over Christmas break (stay with us to save money) and check out AZ weather in the winter vs SLC/Denver winter weather. I don't know how U of A's law school compares to the ones in Denver but Don can check online. There is also a law school at ASU in Tempe/Phoenix but it is tons smoggier in the winter and hotter in the summer than Tucson.
ReplyDeletePLUS, you'd have lots of family close by. We are 50 miles from Tucson but Nora, Derek, and Michael all live in Tucson.
ReplyDeleteCute pics! It looks like you guys had a fun trip. Boulder is such a fun little city :)
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