Denver : Bus Trip to Red Rock Park and Museum

Today [Tuesday, 26 August] we went by bus to Red Rock Park and Amphitheatre.    Very interesting drive in the Bus.



Our Bus Trip at Denver



Red Rocks

World famous 9,450 seat amphitheatre is flanked by 300 foot red sandstone rock formations and offers summer concert series.    The Visitors Centre has a Performers Hall of Fame.  It is an official Colorado Welcome Centre - very impressive.  They also have hiking trails throughout the park with views of the rock formations.    We had an hour there.

 
Map

Red Rocks

This the sound system area where concerts are held - People were doing exercises
up and down the steps

On the way we went passed a Lake which is used for boating, fishing in the Summer and in the winter it is used as a Ice Skating

Driving past Lake in the Bus

We also went to Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave.     The final resting spot of the West's most famous Scout and Showman is located on top of a Lookout Mountain.   An adjacent museum tells his life story.

Bill outside Museum

Margaret outside Museum

Guns

Painting
 

"Buffalo Bill"

Emil W. Lenders 1908

Emil Lenders was born in Germany, where he studied art.   Attracted to the American West he emigrated to the United States where he got to know Buffalo Bill.   He painted this portrait when he was four-four.   Buffalo Bill called him "The Best painter of Buffaloes in the World"




William F. Cody got his nickname "Bufffalo Bill" because of his buffalo hunting ability while supplying meat to Union Paciific railroad workers and the U.S. Army.   After 1870, he hunted buffalo only occasionally.  He continued hunting for the rest of his life but also advocated the creation of parks and preservation to protect wildlife.


Grave of Buffalo Bill and his Wife

Buffalo Bill (William Frederick Cody} and his Wife
Louisa Maud Cody