Welcome to the McLane’s web world
(your view of our world)

We are now in Beautiful Broomfield, our little town in Colorful Colorado (please excuse the Dreadful Descriptions). The elevation is 5,344 feet above sea level, or in NY terms, we are living at the top of Mt. Marcy. Broomfield is approximately halfway between Denver (16 mi. southeast) and Boulder (15 mi. northwest).

Broomfield was originally founded as the town of Zang’s Spur (railroad, that is) named for A.J.Zang, owner and founder of Zang’s Brewery. The towns name changed around 1900 to Broomfield in tribute to the vast quantity of “broom corn” grown throughout the area.

Weather in Broomfield is moderate in temperature and on the dry side.

Temp. (°F) & Precip. (in)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg	30	33.7	39.9	46.7	56.2	66	71.7	69.9	61.7	50.6	38	31.2
High	44.2	48.1	54.4	61.1	71.1	81.8	87.7	85.6	77.4	66.2	51.8	45.1
Low	15.7	19.3	25.4	32.3	41.3	50.2	55.6	54.2	45.9	34.9	24	17.3
Precip	0.4	0.4	1.2	1.9	2.4	1.7	1.7	1.5	1	0.9	0.9	0.6

Our wait for construction to finish is now over and we are just starting the moving process and settling into our new home (something we have been really looking forward to doing). For those wondering, we closed on the house here in Broomfield one year (less two days) after closing on our home in Delmar. Needless to say, we are not planning another move for a while.

Cats + Friends:
Xena, the Warrior Princess pussycat is our latest addition to the family. Xena came home from the humane society shortly after we got here. She is looking forward to getting settled in our new house so that she can have outside privileges restored and get face to face with her friends.

House:
Pictures of the final phase of the construction to peek at... for the most part, everything looks finished in these pictures (as it should if we are moving in!).

Broomfield:
Pictures from the temporary living apartment and other shots in and around Broomfield

Rockies:
Some pictures of the boulders in Boulder county, Rocky Mountain national park and the Winter Park ski area region.

Other sights:
Pictures and movies from other areas we have visited...
 - Pueblo / Canyon City area: Royal Gorge & Shelf Road.
 - Erie, CO: Vista Ridge.
 - Alamosa area: Great Sand Dune National Park.

  TTFN,
  Michael