When Joe and I got back from the race in Georgetown I moved my stuff into the room I was using during my visit and then we sat out on his back porch and continued catching up. He cooked an amazing meal (pictured below):
The next morning we started off the same way that we ended the night before, eating. We went to La Casita and had a great breakfast before we drove to the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. Another passport stamp and a chance to introduce Joe to something he had yet to visit.
After hiking the trails to see the petrified trees we decided to drive down to the Hornbek Homestead and look around and then cross Highway 67 to hike on the other side where I had run before. Unfortunately the typical afternoon clouds started building fast and we were concerned with lightning so we turned back to the car and drove to Woodland Park to visit the Ute Pass Brewery.
Turning back was a good decision because it started raining and lightning as soon as we left. The brewery, not so much other than a good place to stop during the downpour of rain and hail. The beer was good but the employees were surly and unfriendly, just a lousy vibe. Not a place either of us would go back to.
Joe had to work the next two days so I used some of the time to catch up with friends. I took a chance that Brian and Kathy Sweeney might be in town, they rarely are in the summer, and drove by their house. I was lucky to catch them because they were packing for another river trip. We had a great time catching up. Then I went to lunch with a good friend Jerry and his wife Pam. That took care of Monday.
After lunch I wanted to try to see an old friend that I worked with for twenty years, Bob Walker. I had his address at home in my Christmas card list but didn't have it with me. I knew about where he lived so I drove around the neighborhood several times looking for the nicest lawn and then I stopped. It was the right place and we had a great visit.
I spent the rest of the afternoon sitting on the deck with the cats reading and watching the clouds. I even took a picture of a cloud that looked like Popeye!
That night a short hike on the Homestead Trail which is right out Joe's back gate.
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