Lory State Park
We went to Biajee's company for lunch on Saturday and had the dealer change the timing belt on our Civic. It was too beautiful a day for all these errands.
I did some research on the 40 state parks and found a few that's close to our house with nice hiking trails. One thing I would not be able to do is be at a place with more than an hour's drive in the last month before the due date. So I woke Biajee up by 9 am yesterday morning, but we didn't head out of the garage until 10:00.
Lory State Park, located west of Ft. Collins is only 50 minutes drive from where we live. It was quite windy and chilly. The gusts ran between 20 to 30 miles per hour, not a typical good day for an outing. The park includes the huge Horsetooth Reservoir with jade colored water and was surrounded by mountains.
We chose to do a 3.4 mile round trip hike up to the summit of Arthur's Rock (6,810 feet), level is moderate to difficult. It was quite slippery since the trail was snowy and icy. The view was spectacular though. We decided this was the place we should come more often on weekends. It's closer and not as crowded as Rocky Mountain National Park.
We even tried to fly our kite before and after the hike. Biajee got really excited because Saturday was the first day in his life he ever got a kite flying up in the air - we did that on the roadside of Boulder Turnpike on Saturday afternoon and he was joyful as a little boy. The key about flying a kite is that you should not go when the windy is above 15 miles/hour or the kite may be damaged.
We dined at Johnny Carino in Ft. Collins afterwards. It's a nice Italian chain restaurant and they serve different flavors of cream soda - a soft drink we both love. It is the favorite of Jewish people and Italian people. There used to be tons of them in NYC and Florida while we were living in those places.
We bought a pair of kid's rainpants for me only to find it was too small after we got home last night. I guess we need to exchange it next time we go to REI - we only spent $1.22 on it with all the dividend coupons we got in hands. A good way of shopping...
The weekend is always too short.
I did some research on the 40 state parks and found a few that's close to our house with nice hiking trails. One thing I would not be able to do is be at a place with more than an hour's drive in the last month before the due date. So I woke Biajee up by 9 am yesterday morning, but we didn't head out of the garage until 10:00.
Lory State Park, located west of Ft. Collins is only 50 minutes drive from where we live. It was quite windy and chilly. The gusts ran between 20 to 30 miles per hour, not a typical good day for an outing. The park includes the huge Horsetooth Reservoir with jade colored water and was surrounded by mountains.
We chose to do a 3.4 mile round trip hike up to the summit of Arthur's Rock (6,810 feet), level is moderate to difficult. It was quite slippery since the trail was snowy and icy. The view was spectacular though. We decided this was the place we should come more often on weekends. It's closer and not as crowded as Rocky Mountain National Park.
We even tried to fly our kite before and after the hike. Biajee got really excited because Saturday was the first day in his life he ever got a kite flying up in the air - we did that on the roadside of Boulder Turnpike on Saturday afternoon and he was joyful as a little boy. The key about flying a kite is that you should not go when the windy is above 15 miles/hour or the kite may be damaged.
We dined at Johnny Carino in Ft. Collins afterwards. It's a nice Italian chain restaurant and they serve different flavors of cream soda - a soft drink we both love. It is the favorite of Jewish people and Italian people. There used to be tons of them in NYC and Florida while we were living in those places.
We bought a pair of kid's rainpants for me only to find it was too small after we got home last night. I guess we need to exchange it next time we go to REI - we only spent $1.22 on it with all the dividend coupons we got in hands. A good way of shopping...
The weekend is always too short.
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