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Saturday, October 4, 7:00 p.m. - Rocky’s Lodges: A Lasting Tradition
Join Park Ranger Marilyn Irwin to travel back in time to listen to an early visitor’s account of staying at Moraine Lodge, Horseshoe Inn and Fall River Lodge. Contrast these experiences with those of a visitor in 2008. Which would you prefer, the amenities of today or the slower pace of the past?
Saturday, October 11, 7:00 p.m. - Stories for a Special Place
Join Park Ranger Don Irwin and listen to diverse stories about tracking a grizzly bear, climbing Longs Peak in the fog, and the Ute creation story that reveal in different ways why Rocky Mountain National Park continues to be a special place for many generations.
Saturday, October 18, 7:00 p.m. - Hooked on Hummingbirds
Spectacular, close-up footage in slow motion, stop motion, and real time shows hummingbirds flying, feeding, fighting, and nesting as you have never seen before. You will be treated to the amazing sights of these incredible birds building their nests, feeding their chicks, and defending their territories in ways the naked eye can’t see.
This award-winning program also unveils the secrets of hummingbird aerobatics—including upside-down flight—as well as their roles as “closet carnivores,” nectar robbers, and housekeeping fuss-budgets. This entertaining and educational documentary shows 20 hummingbird species as well as the American Kestrel, woodpeckers, wrens, and other predators.
Saturday, October 25, 7:00 p.m. - Tales of Old Fort Laramie
Join Robert Munkres, historian, for delightful tales from Fort Laramie. This “grand old post,” established as a private fur trading fort in 1834, witnessed the entire sweeping saga of America’s western expansion and Indian resistance to encroachment on their territories. Indians, trappers, traders, missionaries, emigrants, gold seekers, soldiers, cowboys, and homesteaders would leave their mark on a place that would become famous in the American West.
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