Was today a holiday?

[SteveSS]

We have a star on the mountains I can see from the front of my house. It's lit for national holidays and during the Christmas season. I saw it's on tonight so I thought maybe it's some weird holiday. Nope, this is all I found. Some are pretty funny. Like it's National Rabbit Day.

September 30 Holidays & National Days | 2023 Calendar

nationaltoday.com

 

[kiwigtx]

Heineken are setting up their new plant in Colorado.

 

[Mopar Hunter]

Heineken are setting up their new plant in Colorado.

They bought the old Bud Light plant.

 

[kiwigtx]

They bought the old Bud Light plant.

...just in time for the ski season.

 

[SteveSS]

It's been there since 1935. BTW this is Colorado, we're Coors. Actually, today marks the 150th year for Coors in Colorado. Maybe that's it.


DENVER (KDVR) — Saturday, Sept. 30, marks the 150th anniversary of the opening of the first Coors Brewery, which originated in Golden.

Coors Brewery was started by a broke brewer’s apprentice from Germany in 1873. Now, it’s the largest single-site brewery in the world, according to Coors.

 

[Mopar Hunter]

Yep, better known as Colorado Kool-Aid or the banquet beer.

 

[SteveSS]

Salida, Colorado has a big F-in Christmas tree they light up every year east of town on the mountain.

 

[kiwigtx]

 

[Mopar Hunter]

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[Mopar Hunter]

It's been there since 1935. BTW this is Colorado, we're Coors. Actually, today marks the 150th year for Coors in Colorado. Maybe that's it.


DENVER (KDVR) — Saturday, Sept. 30, marks the 150th anniversary of the opening of the first Coors Brewery, which originated in Golden.

Coors Brewery was started by a broke brewer’s apprentice from Germany in 1873. Now, it’s the largest single-site brewery in the world, according to Coors.

That makes sense.

Happy 150th Birthday Coors!

 

[kiwigtx]

That makes sense.

Happy 150th Birthday Coors!

Happy birthday to the Coors . . .

 

[SteveSS]

When you come to Colorado take the drive from Canon City to Salida. It follows the river through the Rockies. Besides being beautiful it's a good way to test your car's abilities. I couldn't talk about it when I was doing it but I was testing Wide Body Challenger Red Eyes and Ram TRXs on this road every evening. And some cars that weren't so cool like Hyundais. I found it's more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car medium fast. We just had to dodge a lot of wildlife. Pun intended. Bears, mountain goats, deer, antelope, and mountain lions. But especially out-of-state slow drivers.

I always wanted to pan for gold in that river. We'd take it right up to the continental divide.



We'd go past the Royal Gorge a popular tourist stop. Don't go there if you get vertigo. This is gross but some famous skydivers with those flying squirrel suits dove into the gorge after jumping from an airplane. One hit the bridge. Gross details below.

It was a famous jump where two fliers were going to fly close to the bridge and then pop their chutes below. A lot of fans came out to watch so there are plenty of videos of it. The first flyer hit the handrail of the bridge and it ripped his leg off. They say that killed him. His chute opened automatically and his friend following him didn't understand why he was flying through a red spray. It's also a suicide bridge for jumpers.




Geology part: I'm a geologist so here are some facts. The Larimde Orogeny caused the Rocky Mountains. Think of them as real slow volcanoes. The Arkansas River cut a path through the mountains over time. Then, late in the game along came another volcano close to Canon City. (pronounced Canyon City.) All of a sudden the river had no place to go. It took a sharp right turn and cut this relatively recent gorge. The difference between a gorge and a canyon is just the steepness of the walls. The earth is just a system of tectonic sliding, subduction, uplifting, erosion, and deposition over a huge amount of time.

 

[kiwigtx]

It was a famous jump where two fliers were going to fly close to the bridge and then pop their chutes below. A lot of fans came out to watch so there are plenty of videos of it. The first flyer hit the handrail of the bridge and it ripped his leg off. They say that killed him. His chute opened automatically and his friend following him didn't understand why he was flying through a red spray. It's also a suicide bridge for jumpers.

I think that's where Family Guy got the idea......