Fort Collins, CO

Wow! What a Reuben! But, I am getting ahead of myself.

We drove down to Fort Collins today. The skies were clear and the snow was rapidly diminishing. There were a few inches on the hood and top of the jeep, but not much left on the ground. The wind has been blowing like stink all night and into the day and that helps get rid of the snow. It was a handful driving south on I-25 with the strong winds out of the west.

Our first stop was Horsetooth Reservoir in the foothills to the west of Fort Collins. It is a very picturesque lake, and the county has built picnic areas along the eastern ridge overlooking the reservoir.

Looking east you see Fort Collins and the Colorado State University campus. If you look closely in the picture you can see a trail leading up from the base of the hill. 

This area was crisscrossed with trails and there were many hikers, runners, and mountain bikers out making the best of them. The west side of the reservoir bounds on the Landy State Park, which has a boat ramp to provide boat access to the lake. This community has done a great deal to make an outdoors life style pleasurable.

We drove through the small community of Laporte as we descended back to downtown Fort Collins. This is a college town, and as you would expect there were many young people walking the very attractive main streets of downtown. There are lots of funky eateries and drinking establishments.

After finding long waits at a couple of restaurants we found ourselves in The Pub where I managed to find what might be the very best Reuben sandwiches I have had; certainly the best since working in Manhattan. What made this one so good was the corned beef. It was full of the flavor of the corning spices, strong of clove. The Left Handed Sawtooth Ale was not bad either. Barbara enjoyed a bleu cheese burger and Denver Pale Ale. We were definitely happy campers driving back north.

We are beginning to feel cooped up in the motorhome without the ability to put out our slides. With them in there is very little room and we do not have access to all of our cabinets, so it is getting a little cluttered, too. Still there are ways to cope.

Off to the Air Force Academy in the morning.