-E. Taylor
An old International Harvester Company Warehouse now houses REI on the banks of the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado
By this evening most of the MSU weeds delegation has made their way to Denver, CO for the 2010 joint meeting of the Weed Science Society for America and the Society for Range Management. We have been slowly trickling into town since Thursday. Coming to Denver gives some of us a chance to enjoy the many recreational activities that a city like Denver offers, especially the skiing.
As a side note, I have a theory as to why the WSSA and SRM choose the Sheraton Downtown. Each guest room is appointed with wall art depicting Common Teasel. That, or the Sheraton wanted to make us feel welcome, kudos.
Many of the graduate students spent the afternoon/evening in a professional development seminar hosted by Monsanto. The goal of this seminar was to assist the students in determining what career path best suits their interests and skills.
I spent the afternoon walking around the Downtown area in the cold wintery weather. It really is not that different from Michigan today, though it was snowing quite a bit. I walked down the pedestrian-friendly 16th Street Mall, through Commons Park, down to the South Platte River. While I was down by the river I noticed the old Denver Tramway Power Company brick building that had “International Harvester Company warehouse” painted on the side. It now houses the outdoor-enthusiast store REI (After a little Google-ing I found the history of the building). It was good to get out in the fresh air. Hopefully later in the week we will see one of Denver’s ‘300 days of sunshine’ so we can see the mountains.
Tomorrow kicks off with the joint general session.