North of 21st, west of Main, south of highway 66 , east of Gay (+ Willis Heights)
Total for today: 22,850 steps and 4:02 time.
Willis Heights (west of Wal-mart, north of highway 66) is not technically in the Longmont city limits, but it’s right next door, so decided it fit in with my walking. The street signs there are smaller and shorter than the ‘official’ Longmont signs, but other than that look very similar…
mini street signs
Our friend Diana Prosser and her dog Jara were out walking a little after 6 am…
Diana’s dog Jara
There are a fair number of old machinery yard decorations in Willis Heights…
bucket?
scoop?
wagon
The next bunch of pictures are all from the Willis Heights area… then I’ll move on to below highway 66…
Willis Heights entry from 287
Lion with flowers
Dog with fire hydrant (convenient!)
ghost cat
a LOT of bunnies out this morning
tree trunk flower box
deer statue
“flowers free the soul”, if I remember correctly (glare)
nicely trimmed row of trees
Rocky Mtn. Boom (with nicely trimmed shrub behind)
flowing water
Now to finally move to south of highway 66… there were a lot of streets here that had a new coat of asphalt…
new asphalt
As you go east from Gay on Parker, there are three consecutive courts… Gordon, Scott, and Key. I can only hope that the city planners wanted to name the first one of these Francis Court… but decided not to because there is a major Francis Street about half a mile to the west. Or maybe Francis Scott Key had a famous brother named Gordon?? At any rate, it would have been pretty cool to have three consecutive courts … Francis, Scott, and Key.
Francis Scott Key wiki
The license plate is “American Indian Scholars”
Blackfoot wiki
Blackfeet (Blackfoot) === American Indian Scholars
A business trailer honoring the Aurora theater shooting victims…
2012 Aurora theater shooting wiki
2012 Aurora victims
Three Senior Living residences in the today’s area…
Life Care Center
The Bridge — Assisted Living
Sterling House — Pets Welcome, which is nice
Photos around Lifebridge church…
Lifebridge Church
Gay Street ends here…
… behind the church
Philanthropic organizations…
Coming in to town traveling south on 287
Moose Lodge
… various other sights along the walk…
Electrical mailbox
Patriotic mailboxes in reverse… (blue, white, and red)
flutterby mailbox
my oldest daughter went to KinderCare (different location)
Grasshoppers?? or frogs??? not sure
a rare cat statue
see March 8 blog for a different orientation & painting
statue with flowers
parking lot pedestal art
wheels
flowing fountain # 2
Eight antennas (or more?)
un-Covered Wagon
not sure what this is… gold miner??
crazy brick house…
crazy brick
and finally… businesses in the area…
the former K-Mart
Planet Fitness
Dollar Tree
Tobacco King
near hwy 66 & Main
23rd & Main
Summer of Shakes at Sonic (SSS)
I always think this is somehow IBM related…
used to be KFC
I love their deep dish pizza
one of daughter Crystal’s favorites…
Video games and Mexican food
So glad you took a picture of those amazing bricks. I live nearby and drive by them frequently.
My husband and I have speculated that the house with all the antennas (antennae?) is inhabited by a person who is a ham radio operator.
And yes, the area was recently chipsealed, which is what all that new looking asphalt was about.
Cheers!
Thanks for the comments. My daughter actually put in a bid to buy the ‘crazy brick’ house, but didn’t get it. It looks like someone has moved in there now, though. I suspect you are right about the ‘antenna’ house.
I think I saw you walking and taking pictures Saturday morning on Pratt Street. It was like seeing a Longmont celebrity. I should’ve stopped and asked for an autograph.
I run through these neighborhoods (Main to McIntosh Lake, 66 to 17th). I love seeing the unique sites you capture. It’s a great perspective on our town. Keep up the great blog!
You’re right… I was walking the Southmoor Park neighborhood between Pratt and Bowen on Saturday morning (July 30). I’ll have the blog for that area up in a day or two.
Thanks for the positive remarks (although it’s a pretty sad commentary if I’m a ‘Longmont celebrity’!!?! — perhaps on the celebrity ‘D-list’ with Kathy Griffin)