5280 We gained a new appreciation for our state’s hallmark activities this past year.
Angela Ufheil •
January 1, 2021
Certain Centennial State activities may seem as permanent as the Rocky Mountains themselves, but as 2020 showed us, nothing is certain. As the world opens back up, check off some of these bucket-list items with the ideal adventure buddy.
With Your Kid
The 88 Drive-In Theatre. Photo by Sarah Boyum
Show your kids how people watched movies before streaming or add a retro spark to date night at the classic-cool 88 Drive-In Theatre in Commerce City.
Teach Junior that skiing isn’t the only way to get a winter adrenaline fix at Ruby Hill Park’s epic sledding slope.
I was raised in a one-cook household. My mother has always been the authority on all things food in the Kaowthumrong home. Even when she worked long hours at our family’s gas station when I was a kid, Mama always found time to whip up moo palo (black soy sauce-tinged egg and pork belly stew), kaeng khiao wan (spicy-sweet green curry with beef), and other Thai and Chinese specialties for our family. She continued this tradition after her retirement, cooking three square meals a day for my father whose only kitchen skill is managing the rice maker and producing extra portions for me and my husband, Gavin, on a weekly basis. I’ve spent a lot of time shadowing Mama in the kitchen but never really prepared food for my parents beyond the occasional container of Louisiana gumbo or green chile. That all changed in late November, when Mama fell ill with COVID-19.