Picnic In The Mountains

Labor Day weekend unofficially marks the end of summer here in the United States. Technically, there is still a couple of weeks left of summer, but as far as holidays go, especially for kids going back to school, Labor Day weekend is the marker. We don’t have kids, so it doesn’t really apply to us, other than a lot of businesses in tourist areas close up until the beginning of spring around this time.

Because we don’t have kids, we tend to avoid holiday weekends in hopes of avoiding the crowds. But we decided to take a drive up through the mountains. We picked a beautiful day for a drive and it wasn’t very crowded at all either. We packed up a picnic lunch and off we went. We headed back up to Horsetooth Reservoir and then made a big, giant loop through the canyons, following the Cache la Poudre River.

We chose a picnic table overlooking this part of the reservoir. Isn’t it gorgeous?!

After lunch, we continued north and started following the Cache la Poudre River and just made a big loop.

It was a beautiful drive, and surprisingly still very green for this time of year. We do these little drives all the time, and we just stop whenever something catches our eye, get out and explore a bit, then we hop back in the car until out our next stop.

On one of our stops, we even saw a momma white-tailed mule deer with her 2 fawns.

This is momma,

and fawn #1,

and fawn #2 running to catch up.

They followed momma everywhere she went.

We love doing these little drives. We have seen so much of Colorado, as well as many other places all around the world by traveling this way. We see so much more than a lot of other people, only because we stop at whatever we see and we like to take the unbeaten paths rather than just sticking to the highways.

Have a great day and make everyday great. Enjoy all the little things in life. Those are the things that matter most. 🙂

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Author: ajeanneinthekitchen

I have worked in the restaurant and catering industry for over 35 years. I attended 2 culinary schools in Southern California, and have a degree in culinary arts from the Southern California School of Culinary Arts, as well as a few other degrees in other areas. I love to cook and I love to feed people.

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