12 Amazing Field Trips Every Coloradoan Took As A Kid... And Should Retake Now
By Annie
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Published February 17, 2016
Ahh, field trips. Was there anything more exciting than leaving school and riding the bus to a new and exciting destination? If you are a native Coloradoan (or Coloradan, if you so prefer), you may remember taking some of these epic field trips:
Please note, the Colorado State Capitol, Denver Mint, and Lincoln Center are temporarily closed.
1. Rocky Mountain National Park
Raise your hand if you got to go on a camping field trip during grade school. *Raises hand.* For us Fort Collins kids, it was called Eco Week and it was epic. (Until all the girls in your cabin got into a fight... Or was that just my experience?)
2. Colorado State Capitol (Denver)
Admit it: You thought you were pretty hot stuff when you stood a mile above sea level.
3. Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Boulder)
This one is for you, theater kids.
4. Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs)
Proof that geology rocks. (See what I did there?)
5. The Denver Mint
If you never took a field trip to the Denver Mint, you should consider doing so now. It truly is fascinating to see where the change in your pocket originates.
6. Colorado National Monument
I'm not going to lie; I am super jealous of all the western slope kids who got to visit this jaw-dropping marvel in person...
7. Butterfly Pavilion (Westminster)
I held Rosie. Did you?
8. Denver Center for the Performing Arts
If you were a choir student (like myself), you probably saw a show here...
9. Lincoln Center (Fort Collins)
...here...
10. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
...or here.
11. Great Sand Dunes National Park.
Another awesome field trip that I never got to take. *sigh*
12. Old Town Museum (Burlington)
If you went to school on the Eastern Plains, there is a pretty good chance that you walked the streets of the Old West, watched the can-can dancers, and rode the historic Kit Carson Carousel!
How many of these field trips do you remember taking? Let us know in the comments!
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