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Governor Hickenlooper's Colorado bucket list

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 3:05 p.m.

Image via Facebook 1. Gorge on corn at the Olathe Sweet Corn Festival. 1/15

Image via Flickr 2. Ride the historic Kit Carson County Carousel in Burlington. 2/15

Photo via Flickr 3. Try a pint at a brewery in Fort Collins, Durango, Denver, Colorado Springs and everywhere in between. 3/15

Image via naropa.edu 5. Meditate at Naropa University in Boulder. 5/15

Image via Flickr 6. Hike to Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon. 6/15

Image via palisadepeach.com 7. Eat a peach (or a pie) at the Palisade Peach Festival. 7/15

Image via bluegrass.com 8. Celebrate the banjo -- and other fine instruments -- at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. 8/15

Image via flickr 9. Hike a 14er, or two or more. Colorado has lots to choose from. 9/15

Image via buckhorn.com 10. Eat some snake at the Buckhorn Exchange, Denver's oldest restaurant. 10/15

Image via visitgrandjunction.com 11. Trade your pint glass for a wine glass and visit one of the many wineries near Grand Junction 11/15

Image via flickr.com 12. Spend Halloween night at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park. 12/15

Image via arapahoebasin.com 15. Ski during the summer at Arapahoe Basin. 15/15

Governor Hickenlooper's Colorado bucket list

If the world really comes to an end in 2012, what are the things you'd like to do before your time's up? That's the question we posed to Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper a few weeks ago, in advance of New Year's Eve. Now we present Hickenlooper's Colorado-centric bucket list -- and tell us, what have you done on this list? What's on your Colorado bucket list?

Also view Mayor Hancock's Denver bucket list.

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