i.m. traveling

We almost didn’t get this because Colorado doesn’t permit zeros on their plates 🤷‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️ But as you can clearly see, this is an O. 😮‍💨

And just like…that, you’re different people.

Made it to state #47! 🙌 🇺🇸 I landed in the rain after midnight and I was back at the airport by lunchtime. I’m still counting it!

It was perfect! We’ll all be back soon for more.

Dad and I picked a trail at Cheyenne Mountain State Park and walked 4 miles.

You know that happy feeling you get when you realize someone you love is thinking about you? I do. 🎄 ❤️

This is the dorm quad today from the outside. It is made up of dozens of those beautiful donated buildings and provides a serene place for students to continue the legacy.

These people did great thing during epic times. But they had love and honor for their families and their community. I’ve been a witness to their love of family and hospitality for even the most remote cousins and I’m honored to be associated with such a distinguished legacy of generosity.

Calvin’s father Ario, Sr. had already donated a building to Lafayette College, a place he’d never visited or studied. With his donation, equivalent to hundreds of thousands of dollars today, "the largest and most complete scientific college building in the United States." was built. Lafayette began offering engineering degrees for the very first time in Pardee Hall and the college’s school of engineering still thrives today.

One by one the wealthy celebrated their homecomings by honoring the college with a new dorm building.

Ario Pardee suddenly found himself an incredibly wealthy man, an “industrial tycoon” according to Wikipedia, with a growing empire to run. Ario’s oldest sons, Ario Jr. and Calvin were sent to college to learn civil engineering and mining. They both came to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, just up the road from George Pardee’s farm.

He eventually discovered the coal deposits near the town he helped found, Hazleton, PA.

I find myself, for the first time in a long time, visiting a city I’ve never seen before. As new cities go this was kind of a bust. Albany, NY is the state capitol (and you all know how I like state capitols) but the rainy weather kept me away from exploring…in Albany at least.