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On Friday, November 7, 2008, there was a really great event at the Loveland Feed and Grain building. The event was put on by a guy named Christopher at The Tenfold Collective to raise money to restore the building. It was a very classy shindig. And besides, these guys love to make stuff, just like we do. They’re our people.
So we actually got to go to an Obama campaign rally. On Sunday October 26, 2008. Thanks to our friend Matt for sending us these photos he took at the event. First of all: Obama is amazing. He is such a gifted speaker and I really believe that he is the hope of my generation. Here is the break down of the event. 
This is the line. For all you reading from SoCal, I know this looks like Friday night at the Irvine Spectrum, but for us here in Northern Colorado, this is a mob scene. 50,000 people showed up. That is roughly one of every 10 people in Northern Colorado. Dang. 
As much diversity as you can see in Northern Colorado, we saw it at the rally at Colorado State University. It was a gorgeous fall afternoon and the golden ash trees sprinkled their leaves across the huge assembly. 
Go Rams! 
Phil and I were like little kids we were so excited that the soon to be President elect came to us. He came to our town! That’s Phil and I along the bottom there walking toward the already enormous crowd. 
Dang, this guy’s awesome.
For Colorado, this election has revealed a kind of sea change in these parts. In fact, while last week we lived in a red state, we now live in a blue state. So blue that we have a Democratic congresswoman, senator, and govenor. All this change must be just because Phil and I moved here.
Last Saturday, Phil and I headed out to Severance, CO to see the work of Chris Wanner, my coworker from University Schools in Greeley. He has gotten together 1000 Monk Heads (shown above) that he has worked on making over the last 10 years. The monk character comes from his onotological comic series (books and ceramic tiles) called The Next Tao. Also, Chris and his wife Sonya are turning their home in Severance into a gallery space and artist residency. If you are interested in this great opportunity to make art, I would love to put you in touch with Chris and Sonya. The monk heads were truly beautiful displayed on primarily in the first room of the gallery. They were powerful in quantity, creating a focused, meditative mood. Congratulations Chris!
So, last week Phil and I went on a bike ride. With about 8,000 other people. It was quite an event. Thanks to encouragement from our friends Rick and Katie (Rick sold us our house), we got in on the action of New Belgium Brewery’s Tour de Fat. This is a yearly event in Fort Collins but throughout the year, you too can ride in a Tour de Fat near you. Below is a photo of Rick and Katie in the afro and black braids (not their natural hair!). It was a great day. Meatball joined us for the ride and hanging out with Rick’s friends and coworker Mark and his girlfriend Tina. Thank you Mark and Tina for treating us to a simply delicious meal and a lovely afternoon.
You may have noticed that some people above are wearing costumes. Costumes are big for the 21 and over crowd here in Northern Colorado. Phil and I have not quite jumped on that bandwagon yet. We are gearing up for Halloween though. I think that Phil should be Bob Ross and some of my students have started calling me Captain Awesome. I could definitely get behind that. Maybe it should be my new work uniform…
I would like to show you some of the craziness of all those thousands of costumed bike riders that joined us riding around Old Town Ft. Collins. They were (mostly) sober and saved their drinking for later.
If you have made it this far down my post, I am sure that it comes as no surprise to hear that Northern Coloradans love their bikes. Here are some of the weirdest there are:
All this bike riding finally culminated in a big, fun beer-drinking party. What a day!
P.S. I love living here!
