Denver Art Museum

I had a meeting in Denver on the afternoon of August 19 and the morning of August 20. On the afternoon of August 20, Nancy and Laura came up from Colorado Springs to Denver and we all went to the Denver Art Museum together. Laura especially wanted to see the special exhibit "Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism."

The director of the Denver Art Museum is Lewis Sharp; he is the brother of John Sharp of Burlington. John Sharp, Tony Smith and I climbed a lot of mountains together in the winters of the 1980s and 1990s. We still get together once a year to catch up. Yet another connection—John's daughter Laura (who also hiked with us occasionally) taught chemistry at Colorado College for a couple of years.

After visiting the Denver Art Museum, we had dinner outside on the sidewalk at the Hard Rock Cafe on the 16th Street Mall. A passerby on the sidewalk stopped by our table and asked me if I was Mark Udall! (Mark Udall is a Congressman from Colorado who is currently running for the U.S. Senate.)

The Democratic National Convention is in Denver starting on Monday, August 25. We saw signs for the convention but no other unusual activity or crowds.