Boyd Lake

 The bike ride started out at Seven Lakes Park in Loveland.  The flax were out and beautiful.  The playground occupied the kids for quite some time.  They even had some different play elements here:

 

 I thought they had outlawed the good old fashioned merry go round.  Apparently, not!  The kids had fun trying to balance on it.

 

Had a nice tour of the lake.  It was a quiet time of year without too many boats.  I don't imagine there will be many more days like this until the fall.

 

 

 I saw this tree and thought it looked like a great photo op...was I ever wrong!  "It smells like a bathroom in there."  The honesty and directness of children is always refreshing!

 

 Fun trees to walk on and look at:

 

There were 3 different parks throughout Boyd Lake and we stopped at every single one of them!

It seems like this has been a snake year.  I don't think we've been on one hike without seeing one.

  

Bike: Boyd Lake

Trails Used: Seven Lakes Park to Boyd Lake and Back
Distance: 7.31 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Overall average: 5.5  mph
Overall Time: 1 hrs, 19 min
Total Ascent: 97 ft.

Trying to run again (trying, being the key word)

  I'm trying to get back into running after a winter of swimming (hadn't done that in 16 years!) due to plantar fascitis (contracted last May).  I've been enjoying the swimming but I'd like to get back outside for the summer.  Last weekend I played tennis, did my hike, and played some more tennis.  My foot really hurt by the end of the weekend again.  I iced it on Sunday and things seemed better Monday.  I decided to give it a try (running) today and see how it feels later.  So far, so good!

Hike: Lee Martinez Park to the West and back

Trails Used: Poudre Trail
Distance: 3.94 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Overall average: 6.0 mph
Overall Time: 39 min
Total Ascent: 90 ft.

Devil's Backbone to Coyote Ridge

Fast, long hike today.  Had to get home for guests coming over for dinner.  Very bummed that I didn't get any flower pics but I really didn't have the time.  In the last 5 minutes I saw these deer and couldn't resist any longer.  I had to have something to remember this hike by!

Hike: Devil's Backbone to Coyote Ridge

Trails Used: Devil's Backbone to Coyote Ridge
Distance: 9.15 miles
Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult (due to speed not elevation gain)
Overall average: 3.7 mph
Overall Time: 2 hrs, 29 min
Total Ascent: 1476 ft.