The stage was set for Donna Guthrie's chronicle of hiking all of the national parks with husband Mike. It was a Broadmoor Garden Club presentation. 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)
Our National Parks turned 100 last Aug. 25 and Donna and Mike Guthrie were able to sing “Happy Birthday” to all 59 of them.
The “Donna & Mike Take a Hike” great adventure was a delightful retelling for those attending the Broadmoor Garden Club’s annual community event May 12.
Donna said the two had been celebrating their 36th wedding anniversary in 2009 and realized there was still so much of America they wanted to see before they were 70. With a bucket list and $10 senior parks passes, off they went. Seven years later, on June 11, 2016, they were done, celebrating last September with a party for more than 100 in Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park where they had started their adventure.
This time, friends and family wore special Donna & Mike ball caps made especially for those who had accepted the couple’s challenge to visit at least one national park during the time of their trek.
Their favorite parks? “No. 1: Yosemite, the jewel,” said Donna. Then the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Denali and the Everglades.
Not so good? Cuyahoga Valley, described by Donna as built on a Superfund clean-up site in Ohio and running under the freeway.
Adventures they haven’t done? Walk the Appalachian Trail and hike the Pacific Rim Trail.
When she isn’t hiking, Guthrie, a local author, filmmaker and playwright, is a co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival. The Guthries donated their speaker’s fee back to Broadmoor Garden Club grants for local projects, including Cheyenne Mountain State Park, Venetucci Farm, Rock Ledge Ranch and the Galileo School Garden Project.
The stage was set for Donna Guthrie’s chronicle of hiking all of the national parks with husband Mike. It was a Broadmoor Garden Club presentation. 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event: Christy Walsh, Jennifer Sandman, Ann Blackmun 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event, National Parks Centennial: Vicky Kipp, left, Karen Redden, Brooke Bower 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event, National Parks Centennial: speaker Donna Guthrie, left, Judy Sellers, Mike Guthrie. 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event, National Parks Centennial: Meg Kendall, left, greets speaker Donna Guthrie. 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event, National Parks Centennial: Beth Zautke, Karen Henderson, Bob VanDuyn. 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event, National Parks Centennial: Lindsay Dodge, left, and Kathy Rogers 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event, National Parks Centennial: Mike Guthrie talks with Wendy Mahncke, left, and Diane Billingsley about hiking the parks. 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event: Ann Blackmun, left, Jennifer Sundman, Eve Barrett and Judy Sellers 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event: from left, Libby Pitman, Mallory Sharp, Emilie Simon 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event: Jean Bodman, left, and Susan McMullen 051217 Photo by Linda NavarroBroadmoor Garden Club community event: from left, Carolyn Spillane, Susan Rowley, Shirley Semenchik 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event: Sheryl Cline and Scott Campbell look at a book about all the national parks prior to Donna Guthrie’s presentation. 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event: Centerpieces for the reception set the theme for “Donna & Mike Take a Hike” to all the national parks. 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event: National Parks 100th anniversary 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)The stage was set for Donna Guthrie’s chronicle of hiking all of the national parks with husband Mike. It was a Broadmoor Garden Club presentation. 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event: Christy Walsh, Jennifer Sandman, Ann Blackmun 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event, National Parks Centennial: Vicky Kipp, left, Karen Redden, Brooke Bower 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event, National Parks Centennial: speaker Donna Guthrie, left, Judy Sellers, Mike Guthrie. 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event, National Parks Centennial: Meg Kendall, left, greets speaker Donna Guthrie. 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event, National Parks Centennial: Beth Zautke, Karen Henderson, Bob VanDuyn. 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event, National Parks Centennial: Lindsay Dodge, left, and Kathy Rogers 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event, National Parks Centennial: Mike Guthrie talks with Wendy Mahncke, left, and Diane Billingsley about hiking the parks. 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event: Ann Blackmun, left, Jennifer Sundman, Eve Barrett and Judy Sellers 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event: from left, Libby Pitman, Mallory Sharp, Emilie Simon 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event: Jean Bodman, left, and Susan McMullen 051217 Photo by Linda NavarroBroadmoor Garden Club community event: from left, Carolyn Spillane, Susan Rowley, Shirley Semenchik 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event: Sheryl Cline and Scott Campbell look at a book about all the national parks prior to Donna Guthrie’s presentation. 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event: Centerpieces for the reception set the theme for “Donna & Mike Take a Hike” to all the national parks. 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Broadmoor Garden Club community event: National Parks 100th anniversary 051217 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)
