Colorado's Official Sport!!!!

[Native Vail Gal]

The Denver television news just announced today that we have a couple of "new" Official Things:

Colorado's official state winter recreational sports are now skiing and snowboarding. (yes....I un-highlighted that on purpose! )

Here's the official story:
https://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=88308

Colorado also has a new state reptile: Western Painted Turtle

Both of these measures were started and sent to the Legislature by petitions signed by Elementary students in the Denver Metro Area! YEA KIDS!!!! :cheer:


Here's the existing list of Colorado's Official "Stuff":

State Motto Nil Sine Numine - Nothing Without the Deity
State Name and Nickname Colorado / Centennial State
State Animal Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
State Bird Lark Bunting
State Fish Greenback Cutthroat Trout
State Flower White and Lavender Columbine
State Folk Dance Square Dance
State Fossil Stegosaurus
State Gemstone Aquamarine
State Grass Blue Grama Grass
State Insect Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly
State Song "Where the Columbines Grow"
State Song "Rocky Mountain High"
State Tartan State Tartan
State Tree Colorado Blue Spruce
State Mineral Rhodochrosite
State Rock Yule Marble

 

[Solincia]

that's awesome, but seems appropriate, definately.

Colorado is one of the few states I've not been to. That's probably a good thing, as I might not want to come home!

If it weren't for my family, I'd probably try to transfer to Denver. My company has a huge customer service call center there, and everytime I talk to them they're telling me about the mountains and the snow...:Cry:

I keep telling myself.. Cleveland is great... cleveland is great... cleveland is great....<uh huh...>

 

[Native Vail Gal]

Cleveland IS great! I got my Kadie from Ohio!

 

[itri]

I've told my family many many times that if they could just move the Rockies to Indiana, I would move back to Ohio in a heartbeat! We moved out here 7 years ago thinking it would be a quick stop-over, now I'm pretty sure I'm a lifer!

I saw that same story in the Post today. The funny thing is that the original resolution was to make only skiing the official sport, but the snowboarding lobby threw a fit!

 

[Telluride Ski Babe]

Colorado also has a new state reptile: Western Painted Turtle

We have that many turtles in Colorado? Who knew!

 

[Solincia]

Cleveland IS great! I got my Kadie from Ohio!

I saw that in your post for Diva Dogs!!! Yay for Kadie! And she's such a cutie!!

 

[SnowHot]

Well duh!
Why would they doubt skiing as the official sport?

 

[Native Vail Gal]

Well duh!
Why would they doubt skiing as the official sport?

Well duh!
Why didn't somebody think of this before a 4th grader had to?!?!?!

 

[jaydog]

Cleveland IS great! Says the, um, former Clevelander...but I did get XM radio just so I could follow the Tribe. Thanks to LeBron, the Cavs are often on national TV. And with the local Browns backers, I'm covered for football as well. :D