Well, we bypassed Denver completely, and my plan to hike in Rocky Mountain National Park had to be discarded. Apparently most of the trails are still snow covered, which does not interest me at all.
So ,we settled in Loveland CO, just north of Denver, and quickly decided we could spend a month here, exploring the area. Unfortunately we only have a few days, so we did the best we could.
It was a short trail, just 3 miles or so, and on the way there, we passed by Benson Sculpture Garden. With plenty of time leftover, we stopped there on the way home. 
This is an enormous park, with 165 sculptures of all kinds on display. We only walked about 1/3 of the park.
On our hike the following day, I was excited to see a small group of bull elk right along the roadside on the way to the trail.
We chose to take Cow Creek Trail to Bridal Veil Falls. As the names suggest, we hiked along Cow Creek for about 3 miles, before arriving at Bridal Veil Falls.
At this point, the weekend was approaching, and several things happened. First of all, the weather took a turn for the worse, with rain predicted almost every day. We'd had a fair amount of rain already, but usually only late in the day. Then we tried to find reservations in the Loveland/Ft. Collins area for the weekend, and had very little success. It's one of the prices we pay for not making reservations in advance. We'd rather pay that price though, than plan too far in advance. And then we found out that our good friends Mike and Julie were less than two hours from us. You can probably guess what happened next.
Yep, we left to meet up with them. And so, just as our visit to Loveland was cut short, so too is this blog post.
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