I haven't been updating this blog for a couple of days because I've been off looking at 300 shiny Corvettes and driving down to Chautauqua to see a concert.
First, the Corvettes. This weekend marked the end of the Vettes on the Rockies car show. We had over 300 Corvettes in Frisco from original 1953s to a 2010, 950 h.p. dual turbo modified show car. The cars come from all over the USA, the furthest being from Boston. I have been a judge for the past six years and its a great way to get to see the cars up close. The show is not as serious as many and we simply judge the cars on appearance, compared to the other cars in the class. We are not competent to determine if the cars have been restored to original and if the components are year and model correct. We has three classes to judge from 1965 through 1980. There were 11 cars registered, but with late shows, we had 18 cars. It was a great way to spend a beautiful Sunday morning.
On Monday we drove down to Chautauqua by way of Rocky Mountain National Park to see a concert. That's the Chautauqua in Boulder, not the one in New York :). This Chautauqua was formed in 1900 and is much, much smaller than the original. However, it follows the same format with concerts, plays and some lectures, a small residential community and a great view of the Flatirons. There is little of the religious overtone of the original.
The concert was by Mary Chapin Carpenter. She is a high energy performer, giving an hour and 45 minute performance with no breaks. She also changed guitars after every song or two. She must have had seven or eight instruments of different styles and sizes (and probably each tuned a little differently, depending on the song.)
I will be back to some less personal comments in the next few post, dealing with digital camera selection, editing and recovery software and a solution to having online access to your important data from anywhere on earth (almost.)
Til then.
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