Monthly Archives: July 2012

Fun at Settler’s Park and Pearl Street Boulder

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We had a great 4th of July holiday. We just stayed home and ran some errands. Then about 8 o’clock some friends called and asked if they could watch the fireworks from our porch where we have a great view of the Greeley Stampede’s show. We said sure!

They had a couchsurfer from southern France staying with them who spoke, in order of language skill, French, Spanish and English. I speak those languages, in this order: English, Spanish and French (and je connais seulement un peu de français, although I would love to know it better). So I hung out with the Frenchman speaking  Spanish as we watched America’s Indepence Day explosions with friends -lol. It was pretty cool.

Britton and I took off the rest of the week to make a long weekend. Our friend Damon came into town to visit and stay at our house. So, we asked if he wanted to do anything special and we all thought it would be nice to go into Boulder for lunch, a twirl around Pearl Street and a hike in nearby Settler’s Park.


At lunch with water misters since it was so hot!


Me, Britton and Damon on Pearl Street in Boulder


Street performer in Boulder

 


Video of a Fire Juggler


The kids loved the fountain in this heat!


A cool ridge on the trail to the mount


That I climbed! (Click to enlarge)


Britton and me


It was still really hazy out from all the fires -Looking out onto Pearl Street and Boulder down below

We even saw a deer!

And on a final high note, we drove home in a rain storm that Colorado has been desperately praying for. It was a great day! 

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Pedicure Pampering in Greeley

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While Britton and the boys were out golfing…we were getting pampered with pedicures!


Getting pedicures

What a life. Britton’s out swinging the clubs and I am hanging out with my girlfriends getting my feet massaged, my toe nails painted and drinking mimosas.


With Kelly and Gina at the spa

My good friend Kelly is getting married next weekend, so we did these fun, lavish activities as part of the festivities to celebrate. It took almost as long to get all of our pedicures as it did for Britton to play 18 holes! But it was a fun time.


Chocolates and Strawberries


My friend Adriana and I in the massage chairs


My foot after the pedicure

In the summer I mostly walk around barefoot or in flip-flops and don’t worry too much about putting on polish or anything, so it was definitely a treat.

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Golf at Mariana Butte in Loveland

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Yesterday I did something I don’t do very often, I went golfing!  I took a golf class in highschool and we spent some time on the driving range and some time chipping and putting, but never actually played a round of golf.  It wasn’t until years later I got a chance to play on a course in Utah when we visited Cassie’s aunt and uncle.


Practicing in our backyard (with the chickens)

Well here was another opportunity.  I had to come up with a set of clubs though.  I knew one of my good friends had a set of clubs, so I asked if I could borrow them for the day.  He graciously agreed, and even dropped them off!  So I was all set to go.


Carts Lined Up

Whoever came up with the idea of golf carts was a genius.   They make the game so much fun (but less exercise).


Cart and View

The landscape of a golf course in Colorado is so vastly different than the natural landscape.  It must take quite a bit of time/energy to keep it looking so green.  There were course marshals driving around and making sure everything ran smoothly.  They suggest that the course should be played in about 4 1/2 hours for a full 18 holes.  We came pretty close to that (I think 5).

Golfing is a fairly expensive hobby and it’s for that reason that I don’t go very often. But it is fun every now and then and a good excuse to hang out outside with friends.

The Group I went with


Green Course

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