Caught Traveling: June 6th. Later that day.. and June 7th.

France had an appointment, so Laurie, Francine and I drove to downtown Golden. It is a beautiful little trendy town straddling Clear Creek. We went to a cute restaurant and ate and sampled local beers. The girls wanted to talk and I wanted to see more of the town, so I walked around and took pictures while they waited for it to be time to call France.

Down at the river front, the water was rushing pretty good as it was the early spring thaw. In a lot of places there are walks down to the river. These were closed off below a certain point for safety. A girl in kayak was traveling down the river. I noticed a place where there is a small park with a playground. There is a slide that empties down on the edge of the river where some barriers make a shallow wading pool for kids. This was closed at this time, but it looked like a fun place.

In the distance, stands the Coors brewery. We didn't go there. We met up with France and went home to dinner and some heated games of Rummicube.

JUNE 7th

Golden is just west of Denver. We should have taken I-76 northwest to where it connects to I-80 in Nebraska. However, by going straight north on I-25to Cheyenne, we had the opportunity to get a find in Wyoming. When we left, they led the way up 25 to the Rocky Mountain National Park. Since we now get into National Parks for free, we thought it a good idea. O the way, they stopped us at a stone church somewhere in the mountains for some sightseeing. The Church is St. Catherine of Siena Chapel. Also called the Chapel on the Rocks. Here's a link, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapel_on_the_Rock . It was pretty amazing. There is a statue up on the hill above the parking lot. We looked around and took pictures of course, Then we proceeded to the park. The weather wasn't going to co-operate, but we went for a short walk down a path. This is early June in the Colorado Rockies, A little cold still, and lots of snow in places. We had a good time while we were there. A little rain, thunder, hail. As we were leaving, it got warmer and we came across some elk in a field who seemed unaffected by the throng of visitors talking pictures. Finally, we said goodbye to our friends and with good directions, continued on our journey. We stopped in at Fort Collins Brewery and had dinner and sampled their line of crafts.

The rest of the trip home was uneventful. We stopped in a number of states for geocaches, Wyoming, Nebraska, where we stopped to see Laurie's recruiter at the medical travel company, Then up I-29 catching finds in Iowa and South Dakota. We landed in Fargo at Eliza's and spent the night.

The next day we finally arrived home to our home in Petersburg. It was good to get home and I had spent that little time here before Memorial day to get the house ready for us, so we had water and electricity.