Autumn Fair / Trading Post / Sports Store

 

Song:  Tao Home Blues

Artists:  Paul Horn / Steve Halpern

The other night...

just as I will sometimes do...

I got a craving for a meatball sandwich at The Rascally Rabbit...

in Cripple Creek.

Their meatball sandwich has a great taste...

especially with the optimum amount of melted mozzarella cheese 

on top of the meatballs.

Bandi loves her great room bed...

and will sometimes just opt to sleep there for the night.

Yesterday morning...

as we were driving to the community center for the Autumn Fair...

we saw this buck walking near the road...

as some of the does had fled into the forest.

This year there was only a small turnout...

and my expected artists weren't there...

although there was a new vendor...

and from whom we had bought some things.

After departing the community center...

my wife and I decided to go to The Garden Of The Gods gift shop...

but on the way...

we would stop in at another craftsmen store...

and then afterwards...

we would go to a sports store...

and then out to eat.

We were on the way to Cripple Creek...

where we would take Highway 67 towards our destinations for the day...

and I would show my wife the entrance to Mueller State Park...

and the trailheads to some trails she wishes to hike in the future along HWY 67.

We are at The Garden of the Gods in this photo...

on our way to the Trading Post within.

We had bought some fudge...

and as my wife shopped around more

(souvenirs for Japanese friends and family for our trip)...

I decided to get something to eat to hold me off until we went out to eat later that day. 

I sat outside as I ate a delicious chili cheese hot dog.

After finishing up my meal...

I went in search of my wife.

After finishing up with our souvenir shopping...

we then drove into Colorado Springs to do some shopping there...

at a sports store. 

We didn't find much there.

I just bought a shotgun sling.

We then stopped in at a very good Mexican restaurant.

Their food was so good.

We then drove home.

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This morning...

I tried some of the fudge we had bought at the Trading Post.

It really is a very rich and creamy fudge.

We had bought this handcrafted wooden mockup of our State of Colorado...

complete with cutouts of trees which fit into areas around the State

which are State Parks.

As we go to them in the future...

we will fit in a tree into the location

designating our having seen it

(both of us).

This is the same theme...

but for National Parks.

My wife and I are going to have fun throughout our future years...

just filling in trees to where we had gone on a little adventure

during our travels together.

We had also gotten a few other things at the trading post...

and these caramels are also very good.

This is my new shotgun sling I will use to reverse carry my shotgun 

during my wife's and my morning walks and long hikes.

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As yesterday was a bit of a long day for us...

today is just a day of relaxation.

My wife is searching for new places to hike...

as she had gotten excited the other day by having found 

a fairly nearby hike which leads to a beautiful alpine lake.

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There is another sports store which we must visit...

as I am in search of getting a good pair of hiking boots.

We plan on going to the largest Sports Store in Colorado Springs tomorrow...

and pick out another new restaurant to try as well.