One of our favorite places to eat breakfast is the Silver Grill Café located near Old Town Fort Collins. This was on our bucket list as one of the things to do when Doris got here. Jerry was the only one who had the humungous cinnamon roll, but many of us had French toast made with the rolls. Everything was excellent and we were all satiated when we left.
After breakfast, we wandered around Old Town, and Kyla even played a short tune on one of the many painted pianos located all over Ft. Collins.
Then it was on to Swetsville Zoo, a local place just south of Fort Collins. People have called it the place where Jurassic Park meets John Deere. The price was right for our crowd: admission is free. But don't call us "cheapskates"....we did put money in the donation box.
The "zoo" used to be bigger than it now is. We were there 6 or 7 years ago, and there were many more creations. Bill Swets, who created all these unique metal sculptures, has since passed away and his family has auctioned off many of them. In addition, flooding during the summer of 2014 washed away or damaged many of the whimsical creations.
"Watch behind you Wyatt. There is something that looks like it's going to bite off your head!"
Huge wind chimes clanged against each other as the wind blew.
The old golfer above looks like he lost his way when the rest of the dinosaurs became extinct. Or maybe it just took him that long to find the golf ball!
This really is a VW BUG, with long spider legs. The two VW bugs that Bret had in high school were much better looking.
Jerry was checking out some other creations while Doris and Sandy stood by the dragon flies balanced on a long, movable pole.
The story behind Bill Swets is quite interesting. He was a man of many talents. He was a farmer and a talented welder. In addition, he was a volunteer fireman for the town of Tinmath for 22 years and built all the tankers and engines for that fire department. I hope that his legacy of Swetsville will live on for many years, and not be sold out to encroaching businesses along the I-25 corridor.
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