Falling in love with Boulder bike paths and other perks

What a great new city we live in!  We are really enjoying it here.

Rachel stands alone

One of the amazing things here is all the terrific bike paths that can get you just about anywhere.  On Saturday morning, Jason was coaching and grading so Rachel and I went on a bike adventure.  We loaded her Chariot full of styrofoam and set out on the bike path.  We biked all the way out the the recycle plant and dropped off our styrofoam.  (It's free of charge if you come by bike!)  Then we biked into town to explore the farmer's market and the 'Fall Festival'.  We bought cherry tomatoes and walked around exploring tents, crafts, food, and balloon makers/clowns.

Sunday we had an awesome family day.  We decided not to hike up a 14er after all since Rachel has a runny nose and we've been feeling a little run down ourselves.  So we went for a family run in the morning on the trails, and then in the late afternoon we went on another bike ride.  Since we had some Denny's coupons and had cravings for breakfast fare, we biked there, had dinner, and biked home.  Rachel is a pancake eating machine!

Another perk to Boulder is how close it is to fun kids activities... like the Denver Zoo.  We've been three times since we moved here and are already Zoo members.  We went last week with a group of moms and babies and saw a cheetah, elephant, monkeys, gorillas, orangutans (including the baby), brown and grizzly bears, lemurs and flamingos.  Today we went again and saw leopards, tigers, a polar bear, seals, sea lions, giraffes, lions, zebras, foxes and camels.  Not a bad way to spend a morning!

I have no pictures of Rachel doing any of these things... but we do have some silly videos of her playing lately.