Labor Day Weekend

This weekend was a four day weekend for Luke, so we got a lot of riding in. Friday we went out on 24 and went through Woodland Park. We headed north and ended up getting lost (my fault), I choose a wrong road and we ended up on a dirt road for about 15 miles! Luke didn't want to turn around because we had already driven an hour before we got to the dirt road. So we went along the road and eventually for to 285 which took us into Denver. We stopped for lunch at this great pub type place in Castle Rock, not sure if I would call it lunch though since it was at 3pm! We headed back down to the Springs and ended up spending about 8 hours out and about.

Here are some pics of when we hit the dirt road and were trying to figure out what to do.





Saturday we hung out at home, did shopping. Luke went and got a new helmet and ordered some highway pegs, so hopefully he will have a more enjoyable ride to Street Vibrations!

Sunday we got up early and went to the Balloon Classic at Memorial Park. It was pretty neat to be on the launch field with the balloons going up around us. We hadn't been to Memorial Park yet, it is pretty nice, lots of green spaces and a lake, although the town around it isn't the greatest.












After the balloons we went to breakfast and then headed out to Palmer Lake for a farmers market there. We hadn't been out there yet, it was really pretty although the farmers market was only like four booths. We did get some fresh corn and some jam.

Today Luke took the bike out for a longer trip, not sure exactly were he is going, but hopefully he will bring some pics back from wherever he goes.