Nonetheless, it's what Susan G. wants me to do, so that's what I'm doing. Anything for the cause. Andy's been a God send. Last weekend, we pounded 21 miles of pavement together, exploring our neighborhood and the lovely and quaint section of Colorado Springs known as Old Colorado City.
OCC is a really cool little historic area that was once the territorial capital. A Native American art and jewelry dealer with a fantastic shop on Colorado Avenue told us the story: There weren't enough bars and bordellos to please the territorial powers-that-be, so they moved the capital to Denver! Hey, whatever it takes to make your money, right?
Anyway, from OCC we walked the 4 miles along Colorado Avenue (Business 24) to my FAVORITE city in the area: Maintou Springs. It was a long, hot, not-as-scenic-as-we-thought road that's short on sidewalks but long on crazies. True story: A random guy on a child's bicycle zipped around us and offered us free pot. Insane strangers offering illegal semi-psychatropic substances aside, I don't think we'll be walking that road again any time soon.
After our sojourn to the creek, we had to cross this concrete barrier in order to get to the sidewalk.
On the upside, we did make it all the way to Maintou, strolled on the sun-dappled banks of a gorgeous little creek and met up with this friendly guy.
Just another day with the local brontosaurus. See, he's friendly - he's smiling!
This weekend we're back on schedule to bang off 24 miles - 14 today and 10 tomorrow. I'm going to take a nine-mile stroll with the dog this morning to return some videos to the Blockbuster while Andy works, then we'll cap off the remaining five or so - likely at the Garden of the Gods. Tomorrow, I wouldn't mind going over the mountain (kinda like the bear) to see what we can see and walk where we can walk.
Now that I'm back in the swing of things, I'll keep the camera close and the images coming. Hope everyone is well and best wishes for love and good health to all of you!
Regan
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