Things to Do in Wheat Ridge

For the past 24 years, the Denver Boat Show has served as an annual port of call for modern-day sailors of all stripes. The latest incarnation is bound for the Denver Convention Center, where spectators and interested buyers can kick the rudders of vessels from exhibitors such as Colorado Boat Center, Rocky Mountain Boat Co., and Great Lakes Boat Company. In addition to rows of boats and boating accessories, the convention center’s halls will also ring with happy laughter elicited by family-friendly activities, including indoor wakeboarding demos and daily performances from Twiggy, the waterskiing squirrel.

Standing as the community's curators since 1974, The Greenway Foundation unites seasoned sprinters and pavement-pounding families beneath the same charitable banner during the annual Live-Life-Smiling Mile High Mile race. Funds raised by the race will go to support the Greenway Foundation's SPREE program, which connects thousands of students to the reclamation of the South Platte River through hands-on school trips, weekend events, and summer camps. During the event, participants of all ages launch full throttle into the single-mile scamper, which loops around Sports Authority Field, dashes through the players' tunnel, and finishes with a charge onto the stadium's 50-yard line. After huffing, puffing, and receiving high-fives from impressed tackling dummies, runners bask in postrace accomplishment as prizes acknowledge the morning's swiftest times.