Family Reunion

Wildfires

SFO -> LAX

LAX -> DEN

Independence Day

Cave of the Winds

Underground

Breakfast at No. One

Garden of the Gods

Royal Gorge

Bowl of Cherries

Masala Tea

Seven Falls

Native American dancers

Broadmoor Hotel

The Creek

Helen Hunt Jackson

Castaways

DEN -> LAX -> SFO

Timber Lodge

Eats in CO

NORAD

Monday 8 July 2002, continued

After the falls it's lunch-time, and we're all hungry. After having the others pre-judge the Broadmoor and press on to eat somewhere less fancy, we drive around and around, eventually leading back to the Broadmoor Hotel.

Here we are in their English-style tavern. The food is okay, but only okay. They could do so much better.

This is the grounds of the Broadmoor. In the distance is the Cheyenne Mountain North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) facility.

Here's another view of the Broadmoor, this time from the second-story balcony overlooking the entry. Isaac and Lila loved running around here, and playing in the oversized stuffed chairs inside.

After the Broadmoor we headed back to the Timber Lodge, where we split up. The rest of the family made a bar-b-que near the pool, but we had plans to visit Phil Dubois at his nearby home. How nearby, though, we didn't realize. It was right next to Seven Falls!

I met Dubois at a Cypherpunks meeting, where he and Phil Zimmermann spoke about a case being threatened against PRZ. (Having two Phils in the same sentence, repeatedly, is why Dubois is called Dubois :-) And so I joined the Zimmermann Legal Defense Fund. Dubois and I have kept in touch via email since.

And now I was going to visit his home. It turns out to be a beautiful home, and he a gracious host. His family was pretty amazing too. His wife was as gracious as he, and the kids made this stop the best one of all for Isaac. Lila liked being licked by one of the dogs.

SNIP

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