The lovely town of Boulder is always fun to go to. Over the Labor Day weekend they have a market where everyone and their Japanese cousins sell their goods. Some sell junk (the bad kind) and other sell really nice things. There are food vendors, artists, wannabe artists and those looking to make a buck or two by doing things like face painting or selling you a massive zucchini to paint like a race car and race down a homemade plank of wood (all for the cheap price of $9 per zucchini!). We drifted around the market and then to Pearl Street which is a pedestrian walkway with stores on either side. Its really pretty and there are usually a lot of families around plus students from the local university (this place reminds me a little of Stellenbosch) and weirdos who claim they are artists.
This harp-playing weirdo actually played well but when he spoke to people, I thought he was retarded. Then he laughed at his audience and spoke normally, confusing and irritating most of them. It kind of explains why he looks as though he's a few espresso pumps short of latte.
Jordan found a store store (he has a radar for toy stores) and enjoyed practicing on a plastic wheelless carpet skateboard.
This car HAS to be one of those jumping ones...it has to be!
We got to the market before it started humming with people and searched for Funnel Cake (pancake batter drizzled in oil to make a large patty with powered sugar thrown on top) which we'd promised the boys but we couldn't find a vendor selling the cakes. We also promised they could do some bungy trampolining and they enjoyed that.
While at the market we saw a fire cloud and heard people say that a fire had broken out along the foothills. The firetrucks whizzing by confirmed this and we heard later on the news that 92 homes were destroyed by the fire. The cause is suspected to be due to a car running into a propane tank that ruptured and caused the fire. A very sad situation for so many people living in the area. Driving out of downtown we went through a neighborhood and saw this antelope in someone's yard and we think he/she came down from the mountain to get away from the fire. It looked very lost.
On the way home we drove the back route through Golden and it was very pretty - autumn is definitely on its way in because a lot of the grasses have died and the cool nip in the air is another sign that it won't be long before we're in long sleeves and jeans again. I love autumn...with it comes pumpkin spiced lattes (not as bad as they sound) and cinnamon dolce lattes and zucchini bread (very tasty) and hot apple pie with dripping cream!
Fall...you are welcome! Just don't let Winter follow you too closely!
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