Just as last time, we went
fishing in
Estes Park,
and caught some
delicious Rainbow Trout.
Since we stayed at the Residence Inn, we had a kitchen and could cook
them up fresh. Yum!
We took our skates on this trip and found several opportunities to
visit
rinks and
bike
paths in
Boulder.
Another hobby we pursue while on the road is pinball
machines.
This is
at a major pinball hangout in Colorado:
Lyons
Classic Pinball.
They have a very nice selection of pins including this
Hercules,
which is
the largest production machine
ever made. It is so big, that Christopher can barely reach
both
buttons.
We visited the
Swetsville
Zoo like we did in 2002. Here, Christopher is not
aware of the steel dinosaur behind him. Hey! Watch out!
Although we did not stay
there this
time, we visited an old haunt of ours at the Rockmount Cottages.
We could still hear and see the humming birds buzzing around.
Compare to
this.
On our last weekend
there, we took a
ride into Boulder Canyon to do some close-in exploration of mountain
trails with streams running along side them.
We parked alongside a
promising
looking waterfall, and had our lunch there.
Within walking distance of our parking spot were some nice waterfalls
like this one.
Unknowingly to us, we had stopped at a popular climbing destination:
Cob
Rock.
While we were there, several people parked their cars alongside us, and
hiked up to climb this daunting face! No handrails here.
A bike rack, shaped like a bike! In Golden.
Our last image shot in Colorado. We will leave the state with
many wonderful memories, and hope to come back
in the not-too-distant future.