---Left: we spent a few very enjoy-able hours in the Colorado History Museum.
---Right: an actual Conestoga Wagon, on display in the museum. Conestogas, sometimes referred to as "prairie schooners", were used by those brave pioneers who loaded up their belongings and headed West in the old days. Imagine riding in one of these rickety, uncomfortable wagons across country, with no paved roads and in danger of attack from hostile Indians (Native Americans)!
--- Conestoga wagons were cleverly built: their floors were curved upward to prevent the contents from tipping and shifting. They were about 16.5 feet long and 4.5 feet in width, and were made of wood with iron-plated wheels, and were pulled by horses. The top was heavy canvas. The pioneers crammed inside these wagons as much of their belongings as possible, to make the 2000-mile journey to establish their new home out west.
---Left: view of the newest wing of the Denver Art Museum, where we spent four enjoyable hours. It has a huge world-famous collection of Native American artifacts.
---Right: a whimsical sculpture outside the museum.
