Santa Claus Came to Old Town Fort Collins

Today we discovered the feel and flavor of Fort Collins.  It is a very unique city.  Linda says it is "hep."  We spent about four hours in Old Town Fort Collins.  Bicycles are a popular form of transportation. If you own a dog, it is welcome.  We saw Santa come to town and he was hep.  He arrived with his merry band (literally) on a unique (maybe you would call it hep) bicycle.  The pictures I will post of the bicycle will explain.  After Santa and his band got off their bicycle, they played their musical instruments and led us in Christmas songs.  Santa played a squeeze box accordion.  It was fun!

We spent some time walking around and exploring the unique (and hep) shops.  There was an indoor farmers market selling among others things, organic dog treats ( Sandy will get some), home grown mushrooms, homemade organic cheeses, wild honey, lots of different sauces, etc.  Organic seemed to be the most important word in what each was selling.  We ate lunch at Big Moe's BBQ.  It was  very good.  There are 84 different restaurants in this part of the city.  We really did enjoy seeing this part of Fort Collins and we will definitely return.

After breakfast this morning, we located the two KOA's here.  One is very rural and scenic but nearly ten miles out of Fort Collins and we want to be closer to the kids when we come back.  The other is called Lakeside KOA and is at the edge of town.  I think we will stay at this one.  Tomorrow will be our last free day here but I am not sure what we will be doing.

These pictures were taken on the road to the rural KOA,

Santa greeting us from his cabin.

Seven of Santa's merry band rode on this one bicycle.

This is a bicycle lending library.  If you are a member of the library, you can borrow bicycles for up to seven days.  It is located in Old Town.

This fountain is frozen.

Katie and Aidan enjoy a bear hug.

One of the unique buildings in Old Town Fort Collins.