This informative post will be published on Saturday in place of my regular one. You are invited to participate with the opening question.
Brain Teaser Question
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have five daughters. Each of their daughters has one brother. How many children do Mr and Mrs. Johnson have.
(answer found at the end of this post)
Featured Facts
Nicknamed the Centennial State, Colorado is admitted to the American Union as the 38th state on August, 1, 1876, one hundred years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Here are a few interesting facts about Colorado:
- Capital City: Denver (also most populous city)
- State Bird: Lark Bunting
- State Flower: Rocky Mountain Columbine
- Motto: Nil Sine Numine (Nothing Without Providence)
Of America’s 50 states, Colorado is the 8th largest by land size. Anchored by the Rocky Mountains, its dynamic landscape offers countless landmarks, both natural land man-made.
Compared to the rest of the country, Colorado contains the most peaks over 14,000 feet (there are 58). The state offers the highest average elevation of any in the United States. Nearly 75 percent of Colorado is over 10,000 feet above sea level.
Nicknamed the “Mile High City”, Denver’s elevation is exactly 5,280 feet (one mile) above sea level. The city enjoys approximately 300 days of sunshine each year.
Established in 1932, the Great Sand Dunes National Park recognizes the tallest sand dune formations in the United States. Star Dune, the highest in the park, stands nearly 700 feet tall.
Located in Colorado Springs, the United States Air Force Academy has been open since 1954. It remains one of the top learning institutions for the American military along with those of the Army (West Point), Navy (Annapolis, Maryland), and Coast Guard (London, Connecticut).
Here are some final notes of interest:
- At his request, William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) is buried near the community of Golden, atop Lookout Mountain.
- Completed in 1929, the Royal Gorge Bridge spans the Arkansas River. It is one of world’s highest suspension bridges. Used mostly for pedestrian traffic, the bridge is 1,260 feet long.
- Denver’s Union Station dates back to 1881. With recent renovations, it has become one of America’s most modern transportation hubs.
Big Sky Buckeye 
Got the trivia. 🙂 And I think the statehood was in 1876, not 1776. 😉 Pictures of the Air Force Academy’s chapel always amazes me.
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Judy, thank you for catching my error with the year of Colorado’s year of statehood. It’s corrected now. Well done on the brain teaser. I agree that that the chapel at the Air Force Academy offers a very unique design.
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You’re welcome.
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The images you have shared of Colorado show it to be a gorgeous state. But I don’t know about that bridge! 🙂
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Nancy, thank you for visiting this post. I agree with you about the bridge. It would definitely be scary on a windy day. I’ve only been to Colorado once, for a niece’s wedding.
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You’re welcome. 😁
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I got the trivia and quickly, too! I liked reading about CO since my brother and his family have lived there for over 30 years. I visited him once over two decades ago and really enjoyed visiting a place that I think was called Garden of the Gods with some amazing rock formations. I also enjoyed visiting Focus on the Family’s headquarters and thought how much my grandchildren would have loved to get on the slide from the second floor down to the lowest level where the store was.
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Vickie, thanks so much for sharing these thoughts. Congratulations on solving the brain teaser with such ease. I’ve only been to Colorado once, when Colleen and I traveled to the Denver area for a wedding.
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Vickie, thanks so much for sharing these thoughts. Congratulations on solving the brain teaser with such ease. I’ve only been to Colorado once, when Colleen and I traveled to the Denver area for a wedding.
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A year ago I probably would have offered up ‘ten’ as the answer to the teaser, but I’ve gotten smarter — or begun to read more closely! — thanks to you. This time, I knew it was ‘one’ almost immediately.
I still have some neat photos from our family vacations to Colorado when I was a kid. In those days, c. 1950-1955, there were plenty of roads that were little more than logging roads, even if they were paved. My mother spent a good bit of time with her eyes closed. Those were the days of window stickers and felt pennants with state scenes on them, but my favorite souvenir was a shiny black basalt rock that I kept for years; it was the exact size and shape of a baked potato.
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Linda, I appreciate how you harvest so much from your own memories. Your thoughts take me back to Montana where my heart will always feel much at home.
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