Sometimes at mass we hear about the sister church at Red Feather Lakes opening or closing for the season etc. They have 5pm on Saturdays during the summer season. So out of curiosity, we decided to drive 90 min up the Poudre River Canyon to check it out (Sara this is the same river we rafted years ago).
We arrived at the one-room church (sans plumbing) at 4:10 so decided to drive into the "downtown" of Red Feather Lakes. Well if you blink, you'll miss it. I don't have a picture because well, we didn't even stop to walk around "Main" Street. Think Little House on the Prairie. There were 4 stores. A general store. A post office the size of a small bathroom. A real estate office. And ... an antique store...er closet is more like it. We were amused.
After mass the kids gave Fr. Don a piece of the homemade chocolate chip zucchini bread I had brought up. He was delighted to receive it and visit with the kids.
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| Peeking inside |
We spied three gorgeous deer as we drove to our picnic area for dinner. The pictures aren't great but the deer sure were! One buck with sizable antlers, a younger buck and one female. They stayed and ate for a while. It was a treat.
Then we drove to Dowdy Lake to have a picnic dinner. The campground was full so there were many families out and about. The kids caught a crawfish and built with the sand. It was a beautiful night to enjoy the mountain scenery.
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| looking for crawfish |
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| balancing on a floating log |
Kate kept getting her skirt wet so we hiked it up. This picture is for Grandma.
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| crawfish: Captured! |
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