After a couple days of being trapped mostly inside by weather, and then one unsuccessful and frankly discouraging walk along a heavily trafficked road to a depressingly boring and fairly dirty cemetery, Kris and I discovered that if we walk in the opposite direction, there is a marvelous walking path hidden behind the neighborhoods and traveling along a creek bed that honestly beats the path we walked on in our previous neighborhood.
We are still working on discovering all the various offshoots and where they go. Or don't go, as we have actually followed it in one direction until the sidewalk literally just stops and in another until it sort of dwindles slowly away from sidewalk, to asphalt, to dirt path, to unofficial junkyard (complete with a "no dumping" sign poised just above an old abandoned and cushion-less couch). And though the lack of a backyard besides a small balcony IS a little sad, we have found 3 nearby parks to play at. Some of them even still have basketball hoops attached to the backboards!
Some things about this rental are definitely sub-par. The silverware supply includes 0 spoons and only 2 drinking glasses (mismatched, and different sizes). But we still have much of our own kitchen supplies so that was an easy enough challenge to overcome. There are exactly 4 towels in the whole house and enough bedding for two of the five beds. Again, we are using much of our own stuff still. The house overlooks a busy road and we hear traffic all day and night, but it also has a spectacular view of the mountains and we can see the sun set over Pikes Peak every night. We are just considering all of it, the good and the not so good, as the beginning of our adventures. Right now our adventures just include figuring out how to cook a full meal in a tiny kitchen with limited supplies and how to find the exact right position to turn off the shower without going past that perfect spot and turning it on again!
But this view never fails to make me smile.
We are still working on discovering all the various offshoots and where they go. Or don't go, as we have actually followed it in one direction until the sidewalk literally just stops and in another until it sort of dwindles slowly away from sidewalk, to asphalt, to dirt path, to unofficial junkyard (complete with a "no dumping" sign poised just above an old abandoned and cushion-less couch). And though the lack of a backyard besides a small balcony IS a little sad, we have found 3 nearby parks to play at. Some of them even still have basketball hoops attached to the backboards!
Some things about this rental are definitely sub-par. The silverware supply includes 0 spoons and only 2 drinking glasses (mismatched, and different sizes). But we still have much of our own kitchen supplies so that was an easy enough challenge to overcome. There are exactly 4 towels in the whole house and enough bedding for two of the five beds. Again, we are using much of our own stuff still. The house overlooks a busy road and we hear traffic all day and night, but it also has a spectacular view of the mountains and we can see the sun set over Pikes Peak every night. We are just considering all of it, the good and the not so good, as the beginning of our adventures. Right now our adventures just include figuring out how to cook a full meal in a tiny kitchen with limited supplies and how to find the exact right position to turn off the shower without going past that perfect spot and turning it on again!
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