Homesteading on a Blackberry Hilltop
September 5, 2021 I took Friday off as I was told my PTO was about to cap. This a four day weekend and I can see how much fun being retired will be. Since we got rained out of our walk on Friday, Bruce and I stopped in at the Aurora History Museum last Friday. […]
Read More Aurora History MuseumSeptember 4, 2021 Yesterday, we drove the 2 miles from the Denver Meadows RV Park to the Sand Creek Park with Nox. We started walking around the park on the wide concrete trails, when we started to get sprinkled on. This put a halt to the planned walk. We headed back to the parking lot […]
Read More Walking Around Sand Creek Park in Aurora, ColoradoAugust 29, 2021 Today, we headed over to Westerly Creek Park in the Central Park neighborhood. It is about 4 miles from the Denver Meadows RV park. This park has mostly wide concrete paths that are in good shape. There are some ponds, as well as Westerly Creek. We took Nox with us. She enjoyed […]
Read More Westerly Creek ParkAugust 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 […]
Read More Weekend ExplorationsAugust 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 […]
Read More Bison Spotted at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife RefugeAugust 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 […]
Read More Bluff Lake ParkAugust 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 […]
Read More By the Creek at Star K Ranch ParkAugust 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 […]
Read More A Hike Around the Lakes at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife RefugeJuly 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 […]
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