Hello GC and welcome to the state of Colorado! I will be your tour guide, Dark Sportsnutd and I hope you have a great time in The Centennial State.
Here are some lovely stats about Colorado:
Capital: Denver
Height above sea level: A mile high
Motto: Nil sine numine (Nothing without providence)
State songs: Rocky Mountain High/ Where the Columbines Grow
38th state (Former President Ulysses S. Grant signed Proclamation 230 making Colorado a state)
Area: Colorado is Ranked 8th in the United States
Total Area: 104,094 sq mi (269,837 km2)
Width: 380 Miles (610 km)
Length: 280 Miles (450 km)
% Water: 0.36%
Population Rank: 22nd
Colorado's Highest point is Mount Elbert at 14,440 ft (4401.2 m)
Colorado's lowest point is Arikaree River at the Kansas border. 3,317 ft (1011 m)
Colorado is home to such things and events as:
-The Rocky Mountains (See picture at top of thread)
-The Great Sand Dunes National park (See below)
Colorado is famous for being used in such films/movies as:
- True Grit
-The Searchers
-Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
-Vanishing Point
-Bingo
-Starman
-Dumb and Dumber
-Sleeper
-Furious 7
-Good Luck Charlie (TV show)
The Colorado Office of Film and Television has noted that over 400 films have been shot in Colorado in Total.
Did you Know??
-CNBC's list of "Top States for Business for 2010" has recognized Colorado as the third best state in the nation, falling short to only Texas and Virginia.
-Boulder, Colorado also has more Master Sommeliers per capita than any other city, including San Francisco and New York.
-Denver international Airport (D.I.A.) is the 4th busiest domestic U.S. airport and 13th Busiest World airport.
-Amy Adams, Tim Allen, Jessica Biel, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Jack Dempsey, John Elway, Adolph Coors, Dwight David Eisenhower (married in Denver), John Denver, OneRepublic (formed in Colorado Springs) and Condoleezza Rice (attended St. Mary's Academy in Cherry Hills Village) have all either lived in, was born in, or worked/went to school in Colorado (There's way more then just them..)
Here are some pictures I have taken: (Im not a great picture taker)
- Me and my friends at The Broncos stadium :
- Another picture of my friends i took at wildlife center :
(OOC: Im sorry you guys but I don't get out enough to get good pictures)