Karen and Jeff's World

On Oct. 29, 2011 we went to the 17th Annual Emma Crawford Coffin Races and Parade in Manitou Springs, CO. The races are attracting quite the crowds these days and a number of racers take the event very seriously. Four local fire departments enter teams in to the races and are very serious about winning.

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We went to the 4th of July Parade here in Monument, CO. This time we were smart and bicycled over, it’s only 3 miles. Last time we took the shuttle bus from the high school next to us. Coming back on the bus took longer than if we had walked home. We forgot that it was an election year. Well, that is until the parade started. At least half of the parade entries were political. Note to self: Don’t go the parade again in an election year.

We still had a good time, even with all the political stuff. Watching the audience was as fun as watching the parade.

Karen decided we should take Johnny to the Circus MAT. The we managed to catch on of the last performances at the Manitou Art Theater (MAT). Apparently, the MAT annually produces a very small circus show. The stage is about 20×50 feet. So it is a very small circus. I was surprised just how much they can do in such a small area.

Johnny seemed to enjoy the show (as did everyone). After the show they gave away some fun hats. Amanda won a witches hat. Woohoo!

After the show, we walked around Manitou Springs (where Karen bought Johnny a push scooter), and Old Colorado City (where we had dinner at a Greek restaurant).

We went to the 4th of July Parade here in Monument, CO. This time we were smart and bicycled over, it’s only 3 miles. Last time we took the shuttle bus from the high school next to us. Coming back on the bus took longer than if we had walked home. We forgot that it was an election year. Well, that is until the parade started. At least half of the parade entries were political. Note to self: Don’t go the parade again in an election year.

We still had a good time, even with all the political stuff. Watching the audience was as fun as watching the parade.

Way back on April 19th Colorado College hosted a criterium bike race for college and pro bicyclists. The racers raced for a set time period over a 1-mile long course. Out of curiosity, Jeff timed a couple of the laps and the racers average speed was about 25 mph. The mile long course only had one small downhill and a small uphill. In other words, it was basically a flat course.

It was an interesting day watching the various racer classes and doing some people watching as well. There was a guy there that strung a strap between a couple of trees. He was doing some balancing and acrobatics on the strap. Late in the day there was a costume race. This is where all the racers dressed up in some sort of costume. One group of racers was a family riding a bicycles built for five.

We went to the 4th of July Parade here in Monument, CO. This time we were smart and bicycled over, it’s only 3 miles. Last time we took the shuttle bus from the high school next to us. Coming back on the bus took longer than if we had walked home. We forgot that it was an election year. Well, that is until the parade started. At least half of the parade entries were political. Note to self: Don’t go the parade again in an election year.

We still had a good time, even with all the political stuff. Watching the audience was as fun as watching the parade.