Memorial Day weekend

We had a great four-day weekend for the Memorial Day holiday (Dallin took Friday off too).  We took advantage of the time and did a new family activity every day.  On Saturday, rain notwithstanding, we took a nice walking tour of downtown Golden, had lunch in a local sandwich shop, and then took a drive on the scenic Lariat Loop byway up to the top of Lookout Mountain.  The byway has a speed limit of 20 mph, and 15 mph on the hairpin turns, and it is an appropriate speed given the great quantity of bikers who traverse the road in all sorts of weather.  At various points along our slow ascent, it was pouring rain, and these hardcore bikers were still out--and loving it.  We also saw at least a dozen deer browsing the mountainside in mother and fawn groups.  The views were fantastic on the way up, and at the summit.  Our scenic drive took us up in elevation about 1700 feet, and the temperature dropped about 20 degrees.  When we did reach the top, we dashed to the edge of the cliff, snapped a few pictures and ran right back to our car.