It’s George’s Birthday today!
George
George was with us on the mediterranean cruise a while back; we sometimes forget what a great guy he is for putting up with us for what seemed like an eternity of that ship. Hope he gets to come along with us on our next trip. Have a great birthday my friend!
We all know Nikola Tesla had a laboratory in Colorado Springs…
A Tesla Coil in Fort Collins
Now that line transformers are going underground, you may be able to get one of those old pole transformers if you are in the right place at the right time. In the pole transformer, the 120 line voltage is increased to 14,000 volts. The Tesla secondary coil in this unit can produce 500,000 volts.
CSU Students getting ready to observe 500,000 volts
when the lights are dimmed…
It’s near where we went in 2008 on the Veteran’s Day Trek.
No hike today: We went via a CSU Bus
to the beautiful Pingree Park Conference area and learning center for CSU’s forestry students. We didn’t hike up to the B17 crash site this time; We just took a tour of the many buildings at the park and took in the fall colors.
A member of the Warnar College of Natural Resources
tells us how we could become involved in the many activities at the “mountain campus”, including music and painting workshops not to mention getting lost on the miles and miles of hiking trails.
Taxidermy in the museum
among other things. I haven’t posted a picture of a stuffed cat in a while, so here it is.
The Cold Storage
is one of the buildings on this site. George Pingree first came here to cut down trees for making railroad ties in 1868 then the Ramsey and Konig families homesteaded the area and built a number of log structures.
Kiddie cemetary
Some of the Konig kids didn’t make it through the harsh winters here. They were buried in the plot with lamb markers (now placed upon cinder blocks for easier viewing).
The Colors!
The park is a little over 9,000 feet in elevation so we were able to catch an early glimpse of what to expect down below in FoCo in the next week or so.
Recently we were walking through the University Center for the Arts during midterms…
Student with bass fiddle, stool and bow case.
Just leaving the recital hall; I hope he did OK. We also caught a glimpse of Wes Kenney, the music director of the Fort Collins Symphony and CSU faculty member walking down this same hallway.
Dance class
The instructor called us in; She said that her students just LOVED an audience! They were in the middle of their midterm examinations.
for Liberty Commons High School students:
The New High School
In reality the students are not going back to this school because it was recently constructed; they will be attending for the first time this Wednesday. It looks kind of plain right now, but with a little landscaping… hey, it’s brand new. Maybe a sign perhaps?
Computer Lab Grand Opening
Man, getting ready for the first day is tough. I know, I had to do it twice when I was a teacher. I bet there will be some teachers burning the midnight oil tonight! Note: Teaching is hard work!
Bill and some bones
I asked Bill to show me around some of the rooms. While the computer room where Bill teaches appeared classroom ready, the science classroom was bare-boned (get it?). There were two Spec-20 spectrophotometers available on one of the lab benches so I can imagine that there could be some analytical activity happening in the near future.
Brush Fire Truck
The Poudre Fire Authority was on hand to 1) build a campfire and 2) put it out. Nobody was burned during the activity, so I guess it worked.
The Campfire
This was all part of a grand opening of sorts for the new high school. It would have been better if there was some kind of samba band present to provide entertainment.
Oops, there was!
Bloco em Foco was there watching the campfire from a safe distance.
At the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital:
Dog Head MRI
The CSU Animal Clinic is just down the road a bit. I pass it often on the Mason Trail whenever I’m riding into Old Town. They just had their annual open house so I came over to take a peek!
2nd Year Vet Student Becky giving the tour
Camel MRI
Doggie Xray
Dog? Operation
Wow, somebody’s got a dog that looks like a freaking hyena! Hyenas are more related to the family Herpestidae (mongooses and meerkats) than the family of dogs (Canidae).
Animal dietary kitchen
Duncan Madog can’t just walk into the kitchen!
Student Activities Booths
There are so many vet hospitals in town! Now I know why!
Horse Bones
Dog Head
Horse Head
They had a number of activities at the open house including:
… and all kinds of clubs and associations on hand to answer your questions:
(We’re going to take Duncan Madog to the BVKC remedial sheep-herding trials in August to see what he can do! Pembroke Corgis are supposed to be natural sheep herding dogs, don’t cha’ know?)