Kelsey in Colorado Day 4

Last night we traveled to Red Rocks Amphitheatre and saw the amazing man made stage and decided to venture through the rocks and do a little spelunking. I had never heard of Red Rocks and didn’t know that it is a famous place where anyone who is anyone has played. The Beatles have even played in this amphitheatre.

The next morning, Wednesday, was an early one! Up at 6 am to travel to the church and see the capital. The capital was very interesting and it we learned about lobbying and even saw it in effect. There was a civil union talk in the senate that day as well. There were many happenings this day at the capital and it was jam-packed. We had to wait in line to get in and do a mini tour.

Basically Lobbyist job is to try to talk to their senator into passing bills and they can only talk to them in the lobby. This talk has to be quick and concise saying everything they need to say in less than five minutes.

I sat in the room and observed some of the lobbying going on and it is so important that you catch the senators because I saw one lady come out, look around and she said “oh well” and went back in. This is a huge process that takes time and commitment from these citizens.

What we found out was that:

-The capital was built in 1890

-The house of chambers with pairing of Colorado landmarks are what its built with

-The marble is from marble Colorado

-Original gold in the building was brought in from the gold rush

-It was the one year anniversary of the ACA

During the rally we got to listen to three major speaker and one was John Crandal and the other was Wendell Potter. They preached about the law and thanked everyone for being there. This meant that seniors and representatives are the call to action, health care is a right and not a privilege and children can stay on their parents health care until age 26.

This day was long and I actually didn’t want to sit through it much longer, but I am glad I did. It was very informative and interesting. After this we decided to walk downtown again and explore. We went to Forever 21, the biggest one I have ever seen, and a bunch of other site seeing stores and I got a nice Denver, CO sweatshirt!

Later in the night we went home and cooked a nice Mexican feast for all. It was great bonding time with the girls. We were all starting to get a little tired and need to just relax as a group. My favorite part of the day was the rally, it was really interesting to see and be a part of an act that so many people cared about. There were all kinds of people standing around the steps commenting and supporting what these speakers were saying.