An Evening With Dr. Jane Goodall…
On Wednesday evening, March 18th, the Augheys were fortunate to have the opportunity to attend a lecture and private cocktail event at Denver University by none other than Dr. Jane Goodall. Rita has read most of her books and truly admires her work. The event was put on by a local non-profit group called Global Explorers. The cocktail event was intimate and gave attendees the chance to meet Dr Jane and speak to her personally. She focused on trying to speak to the students who were in the room. There were about 75 people at the cocktail event. Afterwards all were lead to the lecture hall. There were an estimated 700 people there to be inspired by her words and life experiences at her Gombe Reserve in Africa studying one of what she calls “the 5 great...
The Kiss of a Wolf…
The morning of January 18th started out like any other, except the weather was expected to be a balmy 61 degrees in Denver! Sensing this was very much out of the norm for Winter in the West, Art and Rita decided this would be a great opportunity to get outdoors and venture out on yet another adventure…..they knew exactly what they were going to do.They jumped in the Jeep and headed South in Colorado. About 2 hours later, they reached their destination just West of Colorado Springs in a small town called Divide. There they found the most interesting place, the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center. This center is an animal sanctuary which cares for approximately 17 wolves, 9 foxes and 6 coyotes. Why wolves? Prior to the 1940’s wolves were a natural part of...
One Saturday in St. Louis…
Now that the Presidential election is over, it is clear that history has been made and change is in the air. Interestingly, the “change” from this election has been in tow for quite some time as was evidenced by a weekend trip the Aughey’s took in mid October. This account was deliberately delayed in sending until after the election out of respect for the election process (so as not to sway anyone’s vote or opinion one way or the other.).Art and Rita decided to embark on another mini-weekend adventure. This time to the beautiful gateway city to the West of St Louis. Having never been there, they thought it would be fun to explore the city of Lewis and Clarke and the city where early American explorers crossed the Mississippi to forge new...
Bears… Oh My!
On Friday they arrived at their hotel in Jackson Hole (Teton Village) late evening after a long but beautiful drive through the Wyoming landscape. Although it is difficult to imagine a landscape more beautiful and serene then the Colorado landscape dotted with red rock canyons, rolling hills and rock formations that rival Rodin’s exquisite sculptures, Eastern and Central Wyoming offers vast expanses of plains and grasslands farther than the eye can see. During the drive, it was hard not to be truly awestruck by the vivid colors of the sky as the sun sets over the Rockies which spill over into Wyoming from Colorado! At this point, it’s easy to imagine why Kathleen Bates penned the words to the song, “America the Beautiful.” Although her...