On our last day of the Memorial Day weekend, we woke up before the sun to head up to watch daddy and grandpa race in the Bolder Boulder 10K. It's the largest race in the world and had more 55,000 runners. It finishes inside of Folsom Field on CU's campus. We made it just in time to watch daddy come in at a 6:40 pace. We also got to see Grandpa finish with his best pace ever (beating his age in minutes!). We enjoyed freebies and food afterwards-- it was a great event!
While in Boulder, we drove up to the Indian Peaks wilderness to hike to Lake Isabelle. Much to our dismay, we found the gate up to Brainerd Lake closed. Not wanting to waste the drive up there, we decided to hike up to the lake from the gate closure. We took the Snowshoe Trail as it was labeled Easiest and this was the first hike Grandma and Grandpa had done in decades. We were shocked when we found ourselves lost several times trying to navigate through all the fallen trees and poorly posted trail markers. We had fun nonetheless and did eventually make it to Brainerd Lake where we were greeted with gusty winds and a picturesque packdrop of the Indian Peaks. We decided to take the road back as we knew we would most surely get lost going back down on the same trail we took up. Of the hundreds of hikes Dave and I have done, we have never seen one so poorly marked and difficult to follow. I know the hundreds of recently fallen trees (my guess for the road closure) didn't help, but I don't see us doing this hike again.
We ended the day by dining at a restaurant on Pearl Street in Boulder. While we waited for food, Kyle had a riot playing on a bear sculpture.
Kyle loved the Chik-fil-A cow (a sign he'll love the disney characters?)
Look at the size of the trunk of this fallen tree!
The family at the windy Brainerd Lake
I carried Kyle down while Dave ran up to snap this picture of Longs Lake:
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