Because of course we are.
Colorado is turning 150 years old on Saturday, August 1, and the Centennial State — which, yes, is now technically the Sesquicentennial State, but nobody’s updating the nickname — is pulling out all the stops to mark the occasion. The biggest, most gloriously weird way to celebrate? Climbing to the top of Pikes Peak and dunking a donut into coffee. For a Guinness World Record.
This is real life.
What’s Actually Happening
Colorado became the 38th state on August 1, 1876, which makes this Saturday the state’s official 150th birthday — celebrated annually as Colorado Day. The milestone is being marked with events across the state, but the crown jewel of the weekend has to be what’s going down at the summit of Pikes Peak, elevation 14,115 feet, in the shadow of the clouds…