Geowoodstock 14er- Wednesday through Saturday

This year, Geowoodstock was in Denver on July 3rd. I took just over 800 photos, so here are just a few to overview our trip. Here is my flickr album for anyone interested:  https://www.flickr.com/gp/txdiva/hz8T68

Dark Star and I headed out the Wednesday before to drive through Oklahoma and Kansas. We didn't cache too much on Wednesday and made it to Hays, Kansas to spend the night.

Wednesday, June 29th, 2016

                                              Sunrise in Oklahoma at "Magnetic Hill Oklahoma"
                                        When I put the car in neutral it seemed to move UP hill!

       Dark Star with the cache.

 I drove my car forward to the next telephone pole before putting it in neutral. It started heading back to the cache site!

 This location in Rosehill, Kansas was a must do for today. There were so many neat metal sculptures here. 

"Hold The Anchovies" was a virtual cache. We didn't know what we would find here. This was on the Wichita State University campus.

Thursday, June 30th

We got up Thursday morning before sunrise to go get "Mingo," the oldest active cache in the U.S.A. It started raining  and lightning was lighting up the whole sky just as we started out. Thankfully, we drive out of it quickly and the weather was perfect by the time we got to Mingo. We found a few caches in Kansas on our way to Denver.  Our room wasn't ready at the Dino Themed Best Western so we found a couple of caches in the area before we could check in. 

 Mingo

 The World's Largest Easel, Goodland, KS

 Cute Chipmunk near the Easel

 Dino Themed Best Western in Denver

 Cute cache container in the Best Western parking lot

 We were driving to the foothills when the hotel let us know our room was ready.

 We attended our first event of the weekend. GC6EB4A GW14er:Denver  Craft Brew 

We got tiny souvenir shot glasses and a punch card for free samples. 

Friday, July 1st

We did some sightseeing on Friday, July 1st. First stop was the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in nearby Morrison, Colorado. 

 We've attended a concert here in the past, but I was excited to explore during the day. Hundreds of people use it for cardio! I was impressed.

 Red Rocks

 Next, we headed to Golden, Colorado to visit Buffalo Bill's Gravesite and Museum. It was so beautiful on Lookout Mountain! We were there right when it opened and no one else was there. It was peaceful. When we left the museum, the mist and fog had rolled into the parking lot and we could barely see our car! So cool!

 Our next stop for the day was Tiny Town. I enjoyed walking around here. I was afraid it would be crowded, but it wasn't bad at all!

 I found some more micro brews!

 There was a building with "Donna" on it and then this one that said "Turner!"

 After allowing me to choose all the other things, it was time to see something Robert was interested in! We headed back to Denver to see Alfred Packer's grave.

Alfred Packer was a prospector who admitted to killing and eating his traveling partners to survive. The movie "Cannibal! The Musical" was based on his life. It was created by the South Park guys, so take that for what it's worth!

Saturday, July 2nd

We went to the Meet and Greet event at a really cute bar and grill. The line was crazy long, but it was okay because we spent the time trading pathtags and chatting with fellow geocachers. After getting our GW items, we set off for Boulder for the day. There was a farmer's market going on in Central Park so we had plenty to do and see before heading to Folsom Field to hang out in Shakedown Street before the Dead & Company concert. We didn't have tickets, but wanted to see what things we could buy. I got a tour shirt and a pin. 

 I saw that one of my friends had found this cache the day before, so when I saw that it was between our hotel and the Meet and Greet, I had to find it!

 Hanging out at the Platte River Bar and Grill to get our GeoWoodstock SWAG!

 I spied some Texas friends in the parking lot as I was getting closer to the registration tables!

 This was the view from the parking garage in Boulder that we ended up finding. It was not too far from the Farmer's Market or Pearle Street. We found out when we left that it was FREE!  SCORE!

 Boulder, CO

 An interesting Halloween-themed front yard in Boulder

 I purchased the shirt on the left on Pearle Street and the one on the left at Folsom Field. I love how they have merch booths outside of concerts now! The pins were all from Pearle Street except for the bear pin.