It was a great weekend around our house. On Saturday Candy, Clark, Kirsten and I headed down to Canyon City and then over to Florence.
Our first stop was in Canyon City for a little Frisbee golf. We parked and unloaded. No one was around, so Pebbles was off the leash. Everyone did pretty decently, but we all need practice. Candy had the shot of the day, she sunk a 30-yard putt. Go, Candy!
The creek was full of some type of growth, that made it look like it was a nice grassy area. Pebbles see's this and figures she will just walk on it. Well, she tried and sunk about a foot into the water. She was surprised. But once in she was loving it. Afterward, she was just a nut running circles around all of us.
Our next stop was Florence for some lunch and to check out the Steampunk festival. As you can see from the picture above it was actually pretty cold out on Saturday. When we were leaving the springs it was raining. It was dry on Canyon City and Florence, but overcast and cool.
We found a parking spot just outside the restaurant in Florence. We stopped in and had a bite for lunch. Clark snapped a picture of me with my hat on. You can see I am sitting by myself, maybe they were afraid to be seen with me. LOL
After lunch, we got Pebbles out of the truck and walked over to the park to check out the festival. It was OK. I am guessing maybe 25 vendors, a couple of food vendors and a beer garden. I did see some cool stuff and got a few idea's for some new projects.
Today was much nicer than yesterday. I headed out about 9:30 and went and picked up a few things at the shop and filled a couple of gas cans. I mowed, weeded and then blew all the grass off the patio. Starting to look pretty good around here. Things are starting to blossom and bloom. The brown spots in the yard are starting to sprout grass.
Then it was time to detail the truck. With Pebbles being with us yesterday, she left plenty of hair in the truck for me. Headed to the car wash and vacuumed and washed the truck up. Once I got it home I washed it again, but just hitting the grille and just behind the fenders and any other spots that I saw needed some love. Cleaned the rims and sprayed the tires. She looks brand new.
I already have my pack loaded and am looking at hauling it to work tomorrow. I need to get some distance in and get used to the pack so I can make our big hike.
Looking forward to tomorrow, we have plans with Clark and Kirsten. Our plan is to head down to Canyon City, play Frisbee golf and then stop in Florence to check out the Steampunk and Wine festival. Should be a good time. I already have the frisbee's, camera and my steampunk hat and goggles sitting on the table so I don't forget them.
Then on the way home, we thought we would stop by the trail head for the Beaver Creek Wilderness Area and see what information we can gather from the signage and do some looking around. This is where we will start our hike up to Skaguay and then to Cripple Creek.
It's Hummingbird time. Earlier in the week, Candy said she heard a Hummingbird flying in the backyard. They are easy to identify by the whirling sound they make when flying. We made up some sugar water, filled the feeders and hung them in the backyard, same place as the years before. Tonight we have two of them flying around in the yard and hitting the feeders. They are so cool. One of my favorites.
The cat is tripping out. He doesn't know what to think or even what to do when they come flying in. This is the first night I have seen them and he is already all over it. The cat has is the eye's in the sky when I just stepped outside he was in his crouching tiger position with his eye's fixed on the hummingbird as it whirled around. This should make for some good laughs because I don't think the cat stands a chance against the Hummingbirds.
Not sure what to expect but I am looking forward to heading down to Florence to check this out.
Hello Everyone! I hope that you had a good weekend. It's 6:30 PM MST on Sunday July 31st. Figured I would catch up on my activities for the weekend.
Candy's sister and brother in law arrived on Friday. Friday evening Candy cooked up some baked chicken with green beans and potato's. Both of the boys showed up, so we had a full house. We sat out back and then had dinner. After cleaning up everyone headed home or to their hotel.
Saturday morning we loaded up in the Avalanche and drove down to Florence CO. They have numerous antique stores and a couple nice restaurants. We spent most of the day walking up/down main street and checking out the various shops.
I found a couple of cool items. The first item was a Fishing Machine. I had never seen one like this, but a very similar idea to the Ronco Pocket Fisherman. I got it for $8.00 dollars. When we got home that evening I tried it out and it works great. I need to restring it and will take it with me next time I head out. If nothing else it will be a cool conversation piece.
The next item I picked up is also pretty cool in my opinion. I picked up two steel sheets of un-rolled beer cans from the Walters Brewing Company in Pueblo Co. Being that it was a Colorado brand and that it was out of business in 1974 it seemed pretty cool to me. I figured I will frame the sheets and it can be my version of a Warhol. Should look pretty good up on the shop. Not sure what I will do with the second sheet. In total their are 35 cans per sheet.
All in all, had a great day. It was a lot of fun to walk through all the shops and see so much history. How this little town in Southern Colorado can have so many full antique shops is pretty unique.
Today we drove up to the top of Pikes Peak. We hand Candy's Sister and Husband with us. Candy and I loaded up a cooler with some of Friday's chicken, potato salad, cookies and some other stuff we had at the house. Made sure we had plenty of water for everyone and a couple of soda's.
We stopped at Crystal Lake and did a little walking around. Took a couple of pictures and walked a little around the lake. It was a pretty busy day with lots of park visitors. Luckily the traffic wasn't bad. We made our way up to the top and looked out over the mountains and down to the plains. Grabbed some almonds and checked out the gift shop before making our way back down.
On the way down we found a nice picnic area with tables and stopped and had our lunch. As we were eating the chipmunks came out and I was able to snag a couple of pictures.
I think we got home about 1:30 PM. Our guest left and I took a quick nap.
Our first stop was in Canyon City for a little Frisbee golf. We parked and unloaded. No one was around, so Pebbles was off the leash. Everyone did pretty decently, but we all need practice. Candy had the shot of the day, she sunk a 30-yard putt. Go, Candy!
