BOLDER Boulder

Yesterday marked the 2-week anniversary of our time here in Boulder. It's lived up to the hype so far!

Today was the highlight and probably the biggest weekend of the year here. The Boulder Creek Arts Festival ran all weekend, and the Bolder Boulder 10K race was today. With 54,000 runners/walkers, it's the 4th largest road race in the world, and when you add all the spectators - like 100,00 - they say it's the biggest celebration of Memorial Day in the country.




We both ran it. It's really a huge party. Creative costumes, early morning keg parties on lawns, adults on slip-n-slides, belly dancers, bands, etc. - you name it, we saw it. At the end, you run into the U of Colorado stadium. Then they have a Memorial Day tribute and jet flyovers, and the pro racers finish in the stadium. Really fun! Who's coming to do this race with us next year?


Scott did really well, placing in the top 2.5% of the field. I was just happy to finish the 6 miles.

We've really enjoyed the town so far. We have met 8 neighbors, which is more than we met in 6 years in Santa Fe. There's also green grass and trees with leaves here. And rain. Haven't seen any of those for a while. We have a park (photo below), dog park and rec center within walking distance.


Then there are the trails that go forever, all over town and beyond. It's like Christmas morning for Scott each day, trying a new route for runs. And they say 14% of all trips in Boulder are by bike.




I have to mention the Safeway. It's beautiful. It's a normal grocery store a couple of blocks away but they have mood lighting and all kinds of stuff we had to drive far for in Santa Fe. Very fun.




The farmer's market happens twice a week. You can get all kinds of yunmy stuff. We made a whole dinner out of all Colorado-grown/raised stuff one night.






Other than that, we've been unpacking slowly in between seeing the town and heavy workloads.

That's the update for now. Thanks for putting up with our obnoxious excitement.


Love,
Casey