This morning our family (except Tim and Brenda) went walking on the Poudre Trail.
It is a 12ft wide concrete sidewalk following the Poudre River (http://www.poudretrail.org/) for 20 miles (we only walked 2mi into it and back). It runs along side Kodak and Carestream Health (where Dad works). We were walking it to try to find different trees, animals, etc. preparing a study guide for the J-M Homeschoolers October field trip. We found many trees including Russian Olive.
Lots of big Cottonwood,
Chinese Elm, Boxelder, Maple, Aspen, and Ash, that we could identify. We only saw one snake (a garter snake, that was 2-2.75foot), it is not uncommon for people to report seeing rattlesnakes on this trail. We were very glad not to see any! We saw a frog, two crayfish, and about fifteen 15-18 inch bottom feeding fish. A squirrel or two, many different birds, butterflies, moths, large anthills, snake holes, cactus, cattails,
and milkweed.
There were many places where leaves had fallen on the soft concrete when it had been poured, and made "fossils" on the concrete; pretty neat.
It was a beautiful Saturday morning, and there were quite a few bicyclists on the trail. We had to make sure we were paying attention to our surroundings to be sure we didn't get in their way. As they approached they would say "on your left", or say hello and smile.
Over all it was a beautiful walk. Walking is quite slow, so we decided that next time we go as a family that we would like to take our bikes or rollerblades.
