THE VIEW FROM HERE
Soapstone Prairie & Red Mountain Open Space
Near the Wyoming border
Chances are slim that you’ll step foot on either of these vast, adjacent swaths of publicly owned prairie before 2008, but you can get a peek at some of the best parts of Soapstone using a PixEarth’s online explorer at pixearth.com/soapstone. Click a point on a map and up pops the 360-view from there. If you must get your boots in the dirt, call 970-679-4552 to sign up for Friends of Larimer County’s April 8 tour of the 13,500-acre Red Mountain property, which opens officially in 2009. BYO lunch and binocs.
FINNY ENTREES
Bonefish Grill
10438 Towncenter Drive, Westminster
303-423-3474
St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Bonefish Grill continues its westward migration, landing at the new Shops at Walnut Creek in Westminster, around West 104th Avenue and Church Ranch Road. Starting Monday Bonefish Grill will serve up all manner of finny entrees in the $13-$26 price range, most cooked over an oak-wood fire. Not sure whether you prefer monkfish to rockfish? Check out the “dish on fish” link at bonefishgrill.com for a quick flavor primer.
FOR THE LOVE OF ROBOTS
FIRST Robotics Competition
Magness Arena at DU
2240 East Buchtell Blvd., Denver
So it’s not Robot Wars. But things will get fierce Friday and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., when 48 teams of really bright high schoolers put their robotic creations through the paces to win scholarships and regional bragging rights. Brought to you by Dean Kamen (the guy who invented Segway) who figures it’s time to reward kids for thinking big ideas.
