Since Penny had a goal of cooking more Thai food, she went ahead and cooked our dinner that night. We had delicious Moo Larp ( Moo means "pork" in Thai), along with Thai sticky glutinous rice.
The next day, Sat. the 2nd, we decided to take a little trip to downtown Denver to see the Colorado History Museum. Just before leaving for the museum Jay had checked the news on his tablet and saw breaking news that a big fire had just been reported starting in an office building down the street from where we live. Sure enough, we got to drive right by it on the way to the museum.
Here's a photo of them shooting water down on the building even hours later when we returned from the museum. It was the largest fire in Arvada's history.
Even with the windows rolled up, the smoke smelled horrible! Sadly, this old office building, probably built around 1970, went up in flames quickly because it had the old shake shingles and no sprinkler system. There had been people just showing up there that morning for a class. One of the main offices there houses a drug/alcohol treatment center. I talked with one young man on the bus riding by there a few days later and he said that that Saturday morning he was late for attending his class there. He said that when he arrived people were escaping and smoke was pouring out the window of his classroom. Everyone was asking, "Where is John?" As it turned out, one of the teachers, John Rutter, had been trying to make sure that everyone get out safely. He must have gone back in to check and they never saw him again. Sadly, it has been confirmed that John perished in the fire. What a selfless act from a man whose life's work was to help others!
Speaking of the 70's, we got to see lots of toys from the 70's when we went to the Colorado History Museum, because it was a special traveling exhibit that had been extended, due to its popularity at the museum.
But, before we saw the toys, we looked at some of the other exhibits about the state of Colorado.
One of the funnest parts was taking a virtual ride in an old car down a bumpy path in the prairie.
But, seeing the old toys from the 50's, 60's and 70's was the most entertaining! Especially for us "old folks" who remembered playing with those toys. Jay knew more of the toys from the 60's, since he was born in the middle of the 60's. Since I didn't come into the world until '69 I pretty much only remember the toys from the 70's. It's hard to choose, but I'll try to show you just a "few" of our favorite toys that we remember....
These are action figures that Jay had. In fact, he thinks they are still packed away in a box at his parents' house. Here are some of the toys of the 60's.....
Here's a Lite Brite! I still have mine and it still works.
These toys from the 70's were some of my favorites. But, probably my #1 toy I played with the most was my hula hoop. And I still can hula hoop just like a champion! I used to take mine with me even to school on the bus and have competitions with my friends as to to who could hula hoop the longest. It was the one thing that I was really good at.
What was your special toy from your childhood that brings back great memories? Here's hoping that the New Year will bring back good memories and give you opportunities to build new, great memories, too!
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