Weekend Explorations

August 23, 2021 This weekend, Bruce and I meet Jeanne from a ajeanneinthekitchen.com and her husband Larry at InVINtions, a Creative Winery Club in Greenwood Village https://www.invintionswinery.com/. We went as their guest. Jeanne brought a beautiful charcuterie board that she had put together. Bruce and Larry enjoyed sampling wine, while Jeanne had a couple of […]

Bison Spotted at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

August 15, 2021 Yesterday, a friend came over to get a tour of the RV and to go hiking with us. After giving him the tour of our RV, Bruce drove to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. We parked by the building next to the lakes and took one of the trails to […]

Bluff Lake Park

August 8, 2021 We went to Bluff Lake Park today in Aurora, CO. It is a wildlife refuge and dogs and horses are not allowed in the park. Bicycles are not allowed either. People on foot are allowed to walk on the trails, but are not allowed off the trails. They have many different species […]

By the Creek at Star K Ranch Park

August 3, 2021 Yesterday, a friend came over to see the RV. He enjoyed seeing it and then we went to lunch at The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill. We hung out at the RV after lunch until our friend had to head home. Bruce wanted to go for a hike after our friend left, so […]

A Hike Around the Lakes at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

August 1, 2021 This morning, we headed back to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge to hike along a couple of the lakes. We started by hiking around Lake Ladora. There were several people fishing in Lake Ladora. The first part of the flat hike was mostly under cottonwood trees. The shade was very […]

General’s Park in Aurora, Colorado

July 31, 2021 On July 17th, we decided to explore the area near the RV park. We walked out of the RV park, along Potomac Street which becomes 17th Ave. We saw a deer resting under the bridge on our way to 17th Avenue. We crossed the light rail tracks and Fitzsimmons Parkway. We walked […]

Who Did This Enough Times for This to Be Needed?

July 25, 2021

Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

July 26, 2021 This morning, Bruce asked me if I wanted to go hiking. My answer was yes, I wanted to go to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. The wildlife refuge is about nine miles from the Denver Meadows RV Park. It is 15,000 acres of prairie grasses, wildflowers, tumble weeds, and cottonwood […]

Smokey Sunrise from I-225

We have a lot of smoke in the Denver area the last couple of weeks. The sunrises have been stunning as we leave the RV in the morning to head across town. The sun is a red-orange ball slowly rising in the east.

Watching Fireworks From Top of RV

July 6, 2021 We had planned to spend part of the 4th of July at Jeanne’s (from a Jeanne in the Kitchen), but Bruce started to feel sick on Friday afternoon. We didn’t want to expose anyone to whatever Bruce caught. I had really been looking forward to going to Jeanne’s party – https://ajeanneinthekitchen.com/2021/07/05/a-feast-for-the-4th/ With […]