September 28, 2019. Fort Collins to Longmont. Downtown Fort Collins is quaint. We browsed a bookstore recommended to us by our oldest daughter. We then sauntered the several blocks of local and national retail stores. Flowers, sculptures, skeletons climbing buildings and piano players assaulted our senses.
After leaving the downtown area, we drove through the campus of Colorado State University. We were looking for the married housing complex so I could take a picture of unit M-2 for a friend who lived there with his wife and first child 50 years ago. We failed to locate it. A new football stadium has been constructed in the same area and the married housing complex may have been a casualty of progress.
Before leaving the area, we looked at a number of real estate developments. Fort Collins is routinely named as one of America's most livable cities. The population is about 165,000 and it rests in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains. It is about halfway between Denver and Cheyenne, just off I-25. We aren't planning a move, just gathering information.
We did the same thing when we reached Longmont. We will be here three nights. I am not sure what we will do the next two days. I suppose we will explore Longmont, Boulder and maybe Lyons, Ward and Nederland. From here, we move to the Dillon area in Summit County, on I-70. We will be there two weeks in a vacation home.
Today's pictures depict downtown Fort Collins, a Colorado visitors center, Berthoud - between Fort Collins and Longmont off highway 287, and four aspen trees which reminded us of our four daughters. That warm thought brought the end of a good day. I hope your day was good, too.
Goodnight.
2 comments:
Oh, how I wish we could all join you on your adventures. <3
Your lens focuses on the uniqueness of the area we overlook when 'driving thru'.
Some Trivia: The Cowboy poet Baxter Black is a CSU grad. Many years ago,I used to listen to his 5 minute morning radio program on the road to work.
Keep sharing!
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