Ahhh....Colorado

We have about a week and a half until we leave for Colorado for our final training!! I cannot believe it's almost here.  I (Kenzi) have never been to Colorado before, so it makes this trip extra special.

Ahhh....Colorado.  I can already feel the cool breeze, hear the wind blowing in the trees, and see more than my eyes can take in.  I can't think of a better place for our last training. I mean, I have never been there, but just thinking about all we will be learning and then getting to hike and play on the mountains in God's awesome creation to have a little adult recess.  Our own giant playground.  It's going to be fun!

I thought it would be fun to share some fun info I found about Colorado.

1. Colorado means "colored red" and is known as the 'Centennial State.'

2. In Fruita, the town folk celebrate "Mike the Headless Chicken Day." Seems that a farmer names L.A. Olsen cut off Mike's head on Sept. 10, 1945 in anticipation of a chicken dinner.  Mike lived for another 4 years without a head. {Whether this is true or not, who knows, but its funny!}

3.  Colorado host the worlds largest elk heard in the wild.

4.  Katherine Lee Bates wrote the song "America the Beautiful" after being inspired by the views from Pikes Peak.

5.  Colorado is the only U.S. state that's ever turned down a chance to host the Olympics.  Denver originally won the bid for the 1976 Winter Olympics but the state's voters later rejected it due to infrastructure costs and environmental concerns.  Innsbruck, Austria, ended up hosting the Winter Olympics in 1976.

6. The world's largest flat-top mountain is the 'Grand Mesa' in Western Colorado.

7.  Denver, lays claim to the invention of the cheeseburger. Denver resident Louis Ballast of the Humpty Dumpty Drive-In names his sandwich the cheeseburger. The trademark for the name Cheeseburger was awarded to Ballast in 1935.

8.  Dove Creek is the 'Pinto Bean' capital of the world.

9.  Colorado has 222 state wildlife areas.

10.  At 14,110 feet above sea level over 400,000 ascend Pikes Peak each year.

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