We spent most of the day in Loveland today, except for a ride to Fort Collins and Poudre Canyon. Dad had some errands to run in the morning, and then we left before noon for our ride, Dad and Ellen on their Goldwing and Margo and myself on my V-Star. We took the back roads to Ft. Collins, through Masonville and around Horsetooth Reservoir, before descending past Hughes Stadium (!) at Colorado State University. We stopped for lunch at Gibb's, sandwiches on bagels - I've never had a cold reuben before, but it was good - and then took off for Poudre Canyon. The Cache la Poudre River begins in Rocky Mountain National Park and then flows through the Roosevelt National Forest, eventually winding through Fort Collins. According to the legend, French trappers hid their gunpowder near the river, thus the name Cache la Poudre, meaning "hiding place of the powder." Poudre Canyon Road goes on forever, so we were only able to ride part of it, eventually turning toward home through part of Rist Canyon. Round trip was about 90 miles, probably more than Margo's ridden total on the back of the bike! We cooled off in the AC at home for a bit, then rode to Ace Hardware and Whiteside's, then back home again for steaks on the grill. Tomorrow morning we're helping out with a Kiwanis Club pancake breakfast - apparently dad thinks we still remember something about foodservice from our time as restaurant managers!
You can take the server out of food service, but you can't take food-service out of the server!!
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