BUSY Weekend

Spring is here and there's a lot happening in Gunnison.  Tonight, Friday, May 4th, is the First Friday Art & Music Walk.  Starting at 5pm, stroll around starting downtown to the 7 participating venues and enjoy art and music.  The Gunnison Gallery, Castle Creek Guitars, Rocky Mountain Frames & Trophies, Beth Marcue's Studio, Mocha's Coffeehouse, The Blue Thunder Circle Art Lab and the Gunnison Arts Center will all be participating.  Locations of the participating sites can be found at the Gunnison Arts Center situated at the corner of South Tomichi and Main Street.  There's creative art, fun, music and food. 

EARLY Saturday and Sunday, fishermen from all over the state will be converging on Blue Mesa Reservoir for the Annual Kiwanis Blue Mesa Fishing Tournament.  Each team of 2 fishermen, will weigh in their biggest four fish each day.  After weigh-in on Sunday, the team with the heaviest combined fish weight (not the fishermen!) win $1,000 in prize money.  Generous local businesses and sponsors also donate great door prizes for the event.  Funds raised from the annual event go to support Gunnison youth activities throughout the year. 

10:00 AM, Saturday morning, May 5th, is Western State College Commencement!  Graduates will receive their hard-earned diplomas in WSC's Mountaineer Bowl.  Congratulations to all of the graduates and their very supportive families and friends!

Saturday, May 5th is also the appearance of the SUPERMOON!  The full moon will occur when the elliptical orbit of the moon is closest to the earth (just a mere 221,802 miles away or 15,300 miles closer than average).  The full moon will appear largest when it rises just above the horizon.  The moon actually remains the same size as it rises into the night sky, it just appears largest when it is closest to the horizon!  Go out an howl!

Sunday, Monday, & Tuesday, May 6th, 7th and 8th, Western State College will be hosting the 2012 RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Mountaineer Bowl.  Admission is free to watch 7 teams from the top 25 ranked teams in the U.S.  In addition to running, there's javelin, shotput, decathlon, heptathlon and more!  If you can't make it to the Bowl in person, listen to the action on local KEJJ 98.3 radio. 

Of course, there's always fishing, hiking, biking, running, or just relaxing in the glorious Gunnison Valley.  Enjoy the weekend!