Day 7, Mile 1895, Denver

We ended up only driving 88 miles yesterday. Yet, it was a full day. MaryKay dropped like a bag of flour into bed and was sawing logs within minutes. I managed to stay up long enough to get our thoughts and activities posted into the blog...and then I crawled into bed and was out like a light.

Today, we slept in and didn't arrive to our first destination until Noon. The Butterfly Pavilion met and exceeded expectations. We were even fortunate enough to see the Atlas Moth. We learned that it only lives for 3-5 days because it doesn't eat. They said it would probably only live 1-2 more days. Yay! In the pic below, you will notice the front wings have elongated tips that are meant to mimic the head of a snake to protect the moth from predators.