Saturday Adventure

Headed west to Idaho Springs for a hike with Marci & family before they head back to Texas for the rest of the year.

It was late enough in the day that everyone else was doing the same thing (just the heading west part, though).

But without too much delay we made it to St. Mary's Glacier by 10:45, found parking, and headed on up. It was nice and cool.

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Found this beauty of a chunk of quartz but it was just to big to get the mile or so back to the car!

Back down at the lake, we met up with this little guy

and then it was back down to the car. The nice thing about this hike is all the uphill is right at the start before you're too tired.

Back in Idaho Springs on Marci's fancy newly refinished porch

We walked up the road to take a look at the little fairy garden that's part of a library walk.

the community garden on the way back -- Marci's blue and teal house visible at the end of the street, before the blue roof. 

bye guys! See you on your return to CO!!

 

First Week Back

After that awesome roadtrip, life returned to normal. 

And I can appreciate that my normal is pretty awesome.

Saturday drive through Garden of the Gods on the way to see Mom and Dad was slooooow

So I snapped a couple as we crawled along.

Rufus keeps all other hummingbirds at bay on the deck

Mom and Dad gifted me a shirt from their recent trip to Port A, Colorado grown farmer's market tomatoes, homemade salsa, and quartz harvested from the cabin. 

The quartz didn't even finish out the front. I will have to make a date to go mining soon,

Sunday morning walk around Eaglewatch Lake just a few minutes from home and just across from Chatfield Reservoir

 

This morning I found a new little "tree" sprouting at the dog park

Jake showed up for some perspective :)