Walk in the Park

Craig and I took a walk on the Wetlands Trail yesterday morning before work.  It's a very wooded area that's a refuge for many animals.  Cherry Creek runs through this area and this past spring the Creek was overflowing it's banks. 

I'll let the photos and video give you a tour.

Blessings,

Kathy

One Month in Aurora, Coloardo

Craig and I have been in Colorado since Aug 17th.  I haven't written many Blogs because we are working part-time and just enjoying the time with family and friends.  Here's a few highlights of what we have been up to.

We are still working as Park Entrance Gate Volunteers.  Doing this allows us to live in the Park at no cost to us!  It's not been easy going back to a work schedule, though.

 We work Monday through Thursdays from 2pm to 6pm at the 12 Mile Gate and the West Gate.... sometimes at the Main or East Gate. 

Sunrise

Marina

There's all sorts of wildlife.

The deer hang around close to the RV and we were able to capture this Buck trimming our bushes.

This morning these two buck were just across from us.

We have been watching the grand kids run Cross Country, see track meets, baseball games and football games.  The weather has been really nice, so it's very pleasant to sit outside and watch the fun.

Carter
Kyra

Cooper at the Track Meet running the 1600 Meter in under 7 minutes.

Collin winning the Hurdle Race




Collin and Cooper are on the same baseball team and on the same football team.  That makes it a little easier on everyone to make practices and see the games.

Collin is #11 and Cooper is #42.  They make good teammates.

 We have also had some lovely sunsets right out the Whale's window.

We bought a plant hanger and added a few plants to our "garden".

Yesterday, the deer ate all of the flowers off for their breakfast.

Our spot is up the private Volunteer Row and the last one on the left.

We have been able to spend some time with Craig's brothers and their wives and  have also seen several friends from the area.

We hope to find time to see more friends and family in the time we have left here.  We hope the weather allows us to stay until Nov.  We will be helping our daughter and family move into their new home at the end of October.

The weather has been in the 80's and even 90's, but there is a bit of a cool down today in the 70's.

Hope to see you!

Blessings,

Kathy

Dog Days of Summer

Craig has been working the West Gate Entrance to Cherry Creek State Park.  We work the afternoon shift checking passes and selling Passes.

Craig can see the Reservoir from his station.  

 I work the Gate that is called, "12 Mile".  Meaning it was 12 miles from the Denver stage run.  Our gates are about 3 1/2 miles apart as the crow flies.

This is the view out the front of my gate facing south.

Yesterday, a bit of a rain shower went by.

The rain made all of the flowers happy.

From our Campsite, we can see both sunsets and sunrises.  This is a sunrise.

I have been able to meet with a couple of old friends and have some girl talk and catching up on what has been happening.  As I pulled back into the park to get ready for our afternoon shift, there was a large flatbed truck blocking both the entrance and exits of the main east Gate.  So, I had to go around the park and come in another entrance.  The reservoir has a dam with a road across it and below you can see the lake on the left of the road.

To the right or looking north toward Denver in the photo below.

There is a nice Marina in the park, too.

Friday morning this dear wasn't the least bit worried about us stopping to snap a picture.

 We were off work today, but we kept busy with doing laundry, painting the grill and bumper of the Whale, painting some spots on the roof, and rearranging some things in the "basement" or the under side of the RV.

We headed across town this afternoon to watch Carter and Kyra run in a huge Cross County Meet.  They have a very large group of students that run for Cherokee Trail High School.

This was the start of  Carter's race.

You can see Carter third from the left in sunglasses and blue and white on the far left of the photo.

There is a creek that runs through the park where they ran.

Kyra ran with the girls.  They started just 5 minutes behind the boys and they caught up to some of them.  They all had to cross through the creek.  Both Carter and Kyra did real well in their races today.

Carter

Kyra

We came back through the West Gate and stopped to look at the lake along the way back to the RV.

We enjoyed part of the evening sitting on our patio.  The sunset looked a bit like a painting.

We have an owl that we can hear most evening, but this little guy stopped by for a short visit before Mr. Owl came out for supper.

We have been working on a counter extension since we were in Indiana.  Jeff helped us and  we were just waiting on the brackets so we could get it installed.  This will help give a little more counter space to the kitchen area.

It's a Holiday Weekend and we are free from our gate duties.  Tomorrow we hope to see the movie, "War Room", do some shopping and watch the grandsons play football.

It will be nice not to labor on Labor Day.  Hope you can say the same.

Blessings,

Kathy