Last night we had tickets to see Dark Star Orchestra at Mishawaka. Dark Star is one of the best Grateful Dead cover bands around and "The Mish" is one of the best places to see a show. The amphitheater sits in the Poudre Canyon on the river. We decided to head up the canyon early and have a picnic dinner on the river before the show. We ended up with a prime parking spot just outside the front door of the venue. It was a beautiful night. We enjoyed veggie wraps ...

I have been told that I need to Blog more and post more pictures. This request has come from several people so I will try to write more posts. Most days we just hang out at the house and hike and swim a little. Lesley is actually reading her 2nd book since her arrival so am guessing she is in full on relaxing mode. Yeah Lesley. We live on the edge of Horsetooth Park which is full of hiking trails and includes a six mile long lake. Most mornings we take a four mi...

We are having a wonderful visit with Lesley. It has been really great having her here on Holiday, although we are all missing Ray and are ready for his arrival. We seem to keep saying to each other "Ray would love this". Don't worry Ray, we have plenty of cool stuff planned for after you get here. On Wednesday we had a little mid-week party at our house. We had about a dozen people over and hung out down by the lake for the day. Eric's brother Alex came with his...

I can't believe Lesley has been here for 10 days already. We have been enjoying ourselves immensely. Eric managed to get an extra week off and has been home too. We have been relaxing a lot mixed in with a little bit of shopping and tons of laughter. We have managed to squeeze in a little hiking and swimming as well. Monday we had Caribbean day and the weather actually cooperated. The temperature was over 90 degrees and the wind subsided for the day. Our friend...

After weeks of anticipation, Lesley has finally arrived safely in Colorado. She was a little late but we still made it home in time for dinner and a glass of wine. We are all exhausted and turning in early. I will not be blogging every day she is here but will be posting about the fun things we do.