USA Pro Cycling Challenge

Boulder recently hosted a leg of the

USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

What that meant was a ton of road closures, 

and lots of people gathered in 

various spots throughout Boulder

to watch the cyclists quickly zip by.

We watched them in two spots.

First we waited downtown.

Then we headed up the hill to see them a second time.

Lots of supporters dressed in crazy costumes or

had flags and ran alongside the cyclists 

for short segments.

One of the most interesting things to me was the

entourage for each cyclists. There was a huge 

parade of cars behind the cyclists

carrying all their gear & extra bikes.

Of course, bringing up the rear was the 

broom wagon, 

doing the final sweep.

Memorial Day Weekend

This long weekend
proved to be
pretty excellent overall.

I had a rare Saturday
off from work, so
we took full advantage of a
gorgeous day.

First we biked to the lake
and toured the
Osaka Japanese Gardens.
They are on the Wooded Island
behind the Museum of Science & Industry
in Jackson Park.

Then we rode over to a
small farmer's market.
(City life = smoke stacks and organic produce)

Finally we picked up Adam and
headed up to the Globe Pub
to catch the US victory over Turkey!

No pictures from the rest of the weekend,
but Sunday included church, babysitting
some awesome kids, and an evening trip
to Scoops, our favorite ice cream shop.

Today we got major morning
thunderstorms, but still
made it up to Bucktown
for a "cook-out" with friends.

Oh yeah, and since
Obama is our neighbor,
getting around Hyde Park
has been interesting.
We did enjoy seeing him in his helicopter, though!

On the way to *HPP...

...and back I took some more pictures.

I know you are probably thinking,
"What the what!? Two posts in one day??"
and I know it is exciting,
but don't get used to it, ok?

Watch out for the icicles...

Notice how even our license plate is covered?


*HPP = Hyde Park Produce