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Thursday, July 28, 2022

Morning beverages at First Watch

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Friday, July 22, 2022

Visit to Snoqualmie Falls

Allie and I recently visited Snoqualmie Falls and enjoyed that awesome views.

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Honey at the Salish Resort gift shop

Sunday, November 28, 2021

Trail 2 - City Park in Lakewood

Belmar Park is listed in the book 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Denver and Boulder as Trail #2. However, this park is really just a well designed city park around Kountze Lake in Lakewood, CO. There is a paved trail and several dirty offshoots with varying sizes. A combination of paths allow you to walk around the lake. The various dirt trail widths allow for simple walks (narrow), walking your dogs (two-way), and riding your horse (wide).

On this day, the lake served as a respite for a bunch of geese as they head South for Winter. Even though this is late Fall, the afternoon was warm and pleasant.

My dog, Toebzilla, typically barks at everything. However, on this nice afternoon, we passed by cackling children, several big dogs, geese and even horses (which he particularly hates when they show up on TV). He didn't bark or even look as though he wanted to bark. He was very interested in the horses and their smells, but he wasn't nervous by their presence.

Much of the park's trail network runs through other areas, including a significant section that traces a nearby stream called Weir Gulch.

The park is surrounded by homes and businesses, and this fact is obvious as you peruse around. As mentioned above, this is a city park. There are other trails in the Denver Metro Area that would be much closer to what one might call "trails". I enjoyed walking here. My dog also seemed at ease. However, it's a bit of a stretch to call this a location for hiking.

One added word of caution about the name of the park. The name of the park is Belmar Park. However, the name of the neighborhood around the park is also called Belmar Park. If you look this place up in your navigation app, make sure it's taking you to the park and not to the center of the neighborhood.

Friday, November 26, 2021

Awesomeness, lobster dinner

Allie, her father and I enjoying lobster at New England Lobster Market & Eatery

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Mount Evans Day Trip

It's been a long time coming. The shutdown in 2020 prevented plans, and then stuff going on in 2021 delayed plans again. However, Allie and I have finally made the drive to the highest paved road (and subsequently, the highest paved parking lot) in North America! We decided to take Joie and Toebzilla with us as well. Even though the drive can be a bit nerve-racking, especially near the top, the experience was great once we reached the summit. I'm glad we were able to visit the summit together. The weather was clear and the temperature was nearly perfect (not too hot or too cold). It was a great way to beat the 100+°F temps in the Denver area for the day (at least until we returned home).

A goat is going to goat. This mama goat took to the high ground to protect her kid from the tourist and their leashed dogs. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CR4wiSrF23Q/

Here's Allie with our leashed critters near the 14,265' summit of Mount Evans (and not near the protective mama goat). Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CR4yniAl1sU/

Near the top of the summit, this marmot looked upset at the tourist at first, but then kept posing for us. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CR4x1xgl6b2/

Allie with our critters at Summit Lake Park on the drive back down from Mount Evans Summit. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CR47mHRlUwa/

OK, adding one more from today, of me, at Mount Evans Summit with the great distance in the background. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CR5ZXwzFmyp/