Butterflies!

So, I said I would keep this blog going...but it seems to fall by the wayside WAY too much! So this week I will attempt to catch up on everything!

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster. In the interest of full disclosure, I have to admit I am a finalist for a position there, and wanted to check out the place in a little more depth. The Pavilion was the first butterfly habitat in the US, and I guess there are now two or three across the country.

I was a bit unsure when I went in. I mean, how cool can this place actually be? I mean butterflies are just that. I tried to choose a day when there would not be ten zillion kids in the place, Spring Break. The problem is, there is no one homogeneous Spring Break in Colorado. Therefore, there are always a bunch of kids there.

Normally, this might cause me to have a bit of a panic attack, but they were pretty cool, and the Butterfly Pavilion was even more so! You walk in and there are some sketchy creepy-crawly things like Scorpions (I had a hard time even typing that word!), cockroaches and the like. Then you can go a few directions. The best of course, is the rainforestesque experience of the butterfly habitat.

From the outside it looks tiny. I mean TINY. But when you go in, there are so many cool butterflies! I never take photos (as evidenced by this text-laden blog), but I had to go back out to my car and grab my camera just to grab some photos.




This is just one of many photos I took. OK - for me it was many - it's only about 20! To check out all of them, visit my flickr page.

The Butterfly Pavilion is pretty cool. If you are in the Colorado area, I strongly recommend a visit. There's a lot more than just the butterflies - they have some groovy sea creatures - a bit strange for a land-locked person like me, but I did actually touch a starfish, which is a huge accomplishment for me!

This summer I am hoping to take a trip to some other Colorado treasures I haven't seen or maybe haven't visited in forever including the Denver Mint, Fort Vasquez, The Capital Dome and the Museum of Contemporary Art!