Longmont Street Walker

North of highway 119 (Diagonal) and Nelson, west of Railroad, south of Boston, east of Hover.

I made a little error in printing my map for today, so only did the part east of Sunset today (11/15/13). Then came back the next day (11/16/13) to do the part west of Sunset… which was mostly the Boulder County Fairgrounds area.

Total for today (and part of 11/16/13) : 18,150 steps (est.) and 3:23 time.

This area does have the St. Vrain running through it, and so did have various flood damage from which they are recovering….

FLOOD AREAS

path across the St. Vrain by the railroad

bike path still closed off

washed away trash cart and other unidentified debris

sign down along Boston

wash-out behind Left Hand brewery # 1

wash-out behind Left Hand brewery # 2

wash-out behind Left Hand brewery # 3

Flood Assistance at St. Vrain Village

wash-out behind Left Hand brewery # 4

wash-out behind Left Hand brewery # 5

replacing lamp posts at St. Vrain Village due to flood?

wash-out by sidewalk near on Boston near railroad

ST. VRAIN VILLAGE

This trailer park had some damage due to the flood, but not as much as I would have suspected considering it’s immediately south of the St. Vrain.

St.Vrain Village

NW entrance to St. Vrain Village

NE entrance to St. Vrain Village over bridge

statuary

Marine bumper sticker

cryptic wall decoration

non-standard street signs… so maybe not within Longmont city limits

colorful frog

three sentinels

wooden mail box

watering can

a disparate pair

Thanksgiving coming up soon

… and Halloween not quite forgotten

Don’t Look! Birds are Bathing!

Care Bear Broncos

OK… if you must… but just a little peck on the cheek

picking up the kids for school

Greyhound rescue dog

Greyhound rescue

I met the owner of the greyhounds.. she said she went to high school with Vance Brand!

TWIN PEAKS CHARTER ACADEMY

My two youngest kids went to TPCA when it was back at the old Longmont High School building at 9th and Main. It was a very good educational experience for them… and it appears things have really expanded since then, with their new building on south Sunset. And now it goes through High School.

Twin Peaks Charter Academy

Leadership Academy the morning of my walk

TPCA from a distance

OTHER SIGHTS FROM TODAY

you can see the height of flood from the debris on the fence

elevated car body

Flea Market

Businesses north of Nelson

Smiling Faces Pre-school

Bekins

Longmont Technology Park # 1

Longmont Technology Park # 2

Two… wait… no, Three images of the Longmont Streetwalker

Woodley’s Furniture (high quality, from my experience!)

Landscaping supplies # 1

Landscaping supplies # 2

Bridge on Sunset is still out (I think the only street in city limits still closed due to flood?)

row of junk cars

Train going by….

Left Hand Brewery # 1

Left Hand Brewery # 2

Left Hand Brewery # 3

Left Hand Brewery # 4 (Goosinator)

2nd floor entry only!

faded Boulder Bike Works sign

vats and containers

I hope they got a discount on this 1216 Bowen Circle sign!!?!

NOW…. as explained above, I only printed off part of the map for this area. So the rest of this blog is from the first part of my walk on November 16, which finished the west part of what I MEANT to walk on November 15. This is mostly the Boulder County Fairgrounds (including a Cattail Pond I didn’t know about), along with the Longmont Humane Society and some businesses.

CATTAIL POND (west of Jack Murphy Arena on Boulder County Fairgrounds)