4/11/12

Mom's visit

eating mom's delicious cooking / a walk through washington park
hiking at chautauqua park / lunch at boulder
eating crepes in downtown denver / mom making kimchi

My mom came for her annual spring break visit last week, and we had a great time. The photos above are a pretty good summary of what we did here - show her around Denver, take walks/hikes and eat! She cooked lots of delicious food as usual, and made a few months' worth of various types of kimchi.

I wanted to take her hiking and got a recommendation from a friend for Chautauqua Park in Boulder. The length and difficulty were perfect for what we were looking for. W and I are thinking about tackling the 14ers, which are the mountains that are higher than 14,000 ft in elevation. There are 88 of the in the U.S. and 53 are in Colorado. Originally, I wanted to take my mom on one, but after some research realized that even the easiest one is fairly challenging.

The weather was perfect during her visit, and although spring is more of a gradual transition here than it is in the midwest, I'm enjoying watching the city become greener as leaves begin to appear on trees, and soaking in the beauty of flowering trees before they're gone.

2 comments:

  1. Bo, looks like it was a wonderful visit...moms are the best. I love that yours made several kinds of kimchi to tide you over for the next few months.
    : )

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  2. Charissa, they truly are. She made cabbage, radish, cucumber and another type of radish kimchi.

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