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Hangin’ With Monte

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Breakfast with Monte at The Chicken Coop Restaurant in Fort Collins, Colorado

One of the highlights of our recent road trip (yes, we’re home now!) was a nice albeit too-short visit with our friend Monte Stevens in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Monte strikes a contemplative pose in his “office” on the Foothills Trail at the Reservoir Ridge Natural Area in Fort Collins, Colorado
Monte taking Kathy’s picture sitting on “his” rock along the Foothills Trail at the Reservoir Ridge Natural Area in Fort Collins, Colorado

We ordinarily would have planned on spending more time in Fort Collins, as we really like the town and Monte is a swell guy to hang out with, but between the fires and our growing get-home-itis we decided to make a quick overnight stop.  But that didn’t prevent us from getting out and burning a few pixels.

Firefighting helicopters carrying water to fight the Cameron Peak and Williams Fork fires in
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, Colorado near Fort Collins. Seen from the Foothills Trail at the Reservoir Ridge Natural Area in Fort Collins, Colorado
Foothills Trail at the Reservoir Ridge Natural Area in Fort Collins, Colorado

Kathy & I joined Monte on a walk through the Reservoir Ridge Natural Area, where we saw his “office” and were able to see a few of the firefighting helicopters coming and going from a nearby airfield.  We had a nice pizza dinner at a local pizza joint followed by a yummy breakfast at a local “American-Mexican Breakfast and Lunch” spot.

Any time with Monte is time well spent, and we look forward to getting back to Fort Collins at at time where the weather and conditions are better!

Breakfast with Monte at The Chicken Coop Restaurant in Fort Collins, Colorado

4 thoughts on “Hangin’ With Monte”

  1. Monte is one very debonair looking cobber, I must say.

    Welcome back Tom and Kathy. I always find there is a special joy in coming home, even after having had a great time away.

  2. That’s too many compliments for my ego to hear. Debonair?

    It was good to meet up you two again. This could become an annual thing or maybe I need to make a trip to North Carolina. Interesting to call it my office but now that I ponder that it sure does beat the cubicle I used to work in and the tubicle I used to fly in.

    Let Kathy know she did a good job catching us both smiling.

  3. Kathy & I both consider you to be a dear friend and cherish the interaction on our blogs, and even more so the interaction in person. For three people with markedly distinct backgrounds we seem to jive remarkably well. We are already looking forward to the next round, wherever and when ever that may be! 🙂

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