Hello from Colorado! I'd like to respond to several posts made by folks planning to visit the area. You may also contact me off-list if you have a question. 1) Shutdown. Can't speak to customs etc. but once you get here you are not likely to be inconvenienced. 2) Museums. There is a cluster of museums fairly close to the main conference hotel: the Denver Art Museum (www.denverartmuseum.org), The Still Museum (https://www.clyffordstillmuseum.org), and the Colorado History Museum (www.historycolorado.org). Museum of Nature and Science is on the other side of town, and will require a bit more navigation www.dmns.org 3) More arts! Those who like performing arts can check out the Denver Center (www.denvercenter.org) or Symphony (www.coloradosymphony.org/) both are an easy walk from the conference hotel. Jazz? Check out Dazzle (www. dazzlejazz.com) and other clubs (tune into my fav radio station, www.kuvo.org for more!). 4) Want to get closer to the mountains? You can get a bus from Market Street Station to Boulder (www.rtd-denver.com/HowToRideBus.shtml) wherere there are many places to walk and hike. See: http://www.bouldercoloradohiking.com/ and http:/<http://www.bouldercoloradohiking.com/> /www.bouldercoloradousa.com . If you have a car, check out Nederland, a funky town, near lots of places to hike (http://nederlandco.org/) and ( http://www.bouldercounty.org/os/parks/pages/caribouranch.aspx) for starters. PLEASE keep in mind we've just had devastating floods. So while yes, they are opening Rocky Mountain National Park, it is NOT 1 1/2 hours because there are many road closures that will not be fixed in two weeks. (See http://www.coloradodot.info/travel ) At this point I would not recommend it. Keep in mind that in the high country the weather will be changing as well-- which may mean other road closures. If you are longing for a "Rocky Mountain high" write to me and I can give you some other suggestions. Its been noted elsewhere but worth repeating, you are coming to the Mile High City: the extreme dryness and altitude can get to you! The main ways to avoid altitude sickness are: 1) drink water pretty much non-stop, especially the first day. You need a full water bottle with you. 2) Drink alcohol with care, especially while acclimating. It will have a different impact than it does at sea level! (See: http://www.denver.org/metro/high-altitude-tips) * * It is a great place to visit, I am sure you will enjoy it! Anything else? Janet * * *Janet Salmons Ph.D.* *Capella University School of Business and Vision2Lead, Inc. *Site- http://www.vision2lead.com Follow Twitter at #einterview Now available as Kindle e-books: Online Interviews in Real Time & Cases in Online Interview Research PO Box 943 Boulder, CO 80306-0943 jsalmons@vision2lead.com t