Monday, we continued with cleaning the grates and vents in the ceilings, only this time it was downstairs, starting with the two in the bathroom.
Then it was the two in the entrance hallway.
And then the laundry and kitchen, and the one that connects the two rooms.
Then Monday afternoon, we went for a hike. We explored the large development on the other side of Pine Knoll Street and passed by these trees that had pussy willow like seed pods.
We came back on Arroyo Trail, and then out to Lone Tree Road.
We came back through a wooded section that took us through a nearby park.
Tuesday was sunny and warm, so at one point we again enjoyed sitting in the sun on the back patio.
Tuesday afternoon, we went to Picture Canyon Natural and Cultural Preserve. It is on land that was logged for many years, then where they built the waste water treatment plant. In fact, the first quarter of mile or so, you walk by and smell the treatment plant on one side and when leaving, you go by the neighboring natural gas plant.
The city has worked for the last 25 years to clean up the mess, restore things to their natural state and preserve the cultural things found here, like the petroglyphs below. They have an educational area for an outside classroom.
The trails are easy to follow and once you get away from the water treatment and gas plants, are quite nice and easy walking.
Lots of logging done in the 1800s.
There are multiple entries to the park, so even where we came to an entrance that is only accessible by walking, they still had all the info and brochures for the well marked trails.
Like any forest, we saw many snags.
And then we came to the petroglyphs, with signs educating you about them placed just below the actual petroglyphs.
And we passed by the natural gas plant on the way out.
It was a pleasant four mile hike.
Then it was the two in the entrance hallway.
And then the laundry and kitchen, and the one that connects the two rooms.
We came back on Arroyo Trail, and then out to Lone Tree Road.
We came back through a wooded section that took us through a nearby park.
Tuesday afternoon, we went to Picture Canyon Natural and Cultural Preserve. It is on land that was logged for many years, then where they built the waste water treatment plant. In fact, the first quarter of mile or so, you walk by and smell the treatment plant on one side and when leaving, you go by the neighboring natural gas plant.
The city has worked for the last 25 years to clean up the mess, restore things to their natural state and preserve the cultural things found here, like the petroglyphs below. They have an educational area for an outside classroom.
The trails are easy to follow and once you get away from the water treatment and gas plants, are quite nice and easy walking.
Lots of logging done in the 1800s.
There are multiple entries to the park, so even where we came to an entrance that is only accessible by walking, they still had all the info and brochures for the well marked trails.
Like any forest, we saw many snags.
And then we came to the petroglyphs, with signs educating you about them placed just below the actual petroglyphs.
And we passed by the natural gas plant on the way out.
It was a pleasant four mile hike.
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