Aspen Day 4

Our day started quietly with a walk to the John Denver Sanctuary.  Once again, we had a clear sky and lots of sun.  On our way there, we spotted the Aspen Farmers market.  There were a few potential farmers there, but it was mostly crafts and jewelry with a selling baked goods.   We also came across these guys outside a hotel, watching the passerbys.  

The Sanctuary itself was pretty empty which made for good photography. It's amazing to think back to when we first started coming, when the pine tree in the middle was barely 15' tall; it's now probably over 40'. 

The picture on the bottom right is a close-up of two of the stones with words from John Denver's songs embedded in them.  

About 10 years ago, the city decided to expand the Sanctuary to have it pretreat the rain water from the storm drains. They have a LOT of very large stones and carved sayings from many famous people in several of them.  Once again, pictures cannot truly describe what it looks like and I encourage any readers who come to Aspen to check it out for themselves.

After lunch we went to the Dave Stratford concert.  Dave sang many songs, both his own and a few John Denver songs.  His wife joined him on the cello, which made for some very nice harmonies.  Dave's brother, Ron Matthews, joined in on a few songs along with flautist Karen Savarese.   It made for the very enjoyable concert. 

The evening concert featured Chris Collins and the Boulder Canyon Band.  It was an enjoyable concert, and a nice way to cap off the weekend. 

Tomorrow we are off to Colorado Springs, with a possible stop at the Garden of the Gods.