Friday Field Trip - Aspen Valley Ranch

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Last Sunday, we went down the road a piece to the Aspen Valley Ranch, which is 300+ acres of open space. Our daughter, Nicole Drummer is on their advisory board, and she invited us to check things out. It was a special "open house" sponsored by  UpaDowna  which promotes outdoor activities. So, we were outdoors, and we were active.

It was windy, and not very sunny, but I did take some pictures to share with you.

Friday Field Trip - Memorial Forest

First -- Happy 90th Birthday to my aunt, although she'll never see this because she wants nothing to do with computers. Happy Birthday anyway, and you should be getting flowers because you don't have a computer. Oh, I'd have sent them anyway, even if you DID have a computer. Love you.

Last Monday, not because it was Labor Day (when you're retired, empty-nesters and/or work from home, one day is exactly like any other--except for Tuesday being clean sheet day, and Wednesday being garbage pick up day, Sunday being drinks at McGinty's, etc.), but because the weather was nice and we'd skipped our usual Sunday hike (which you can do if you're retired, empty-nesters and/or work from home) and headed out to a nearby Women's Memorial Forest, where I took pictures of Gnarly Things. Had I been Jason, they'd have been prettier, but I'm not, so you'll have to deal with my point and shoot, straight out of the camera (more or less) shots.

Friday Field Trip - Fall in Florissant

While I was on the road, Hubster did a Sunday hike in Florissant again. I thought it would be interesting to compare the pictures we took at the end of August with what he saw last week. We definitely have seasons here!

These two were taken August 22nd.






Hornbeck Homestead, summer


Click to see what the area looked like last Sunday