There are friends, and then there are close friends that hold a special place in your heart. Ron and Patty are just that. We started camp hosting together at Boyd Lake State Park in 2014, with sites right next to each other for 6 years in a row. Each night included sitting together in their site, sometimes with a nice campfire, other times just enjoying the amazing sunsets like this one in 2017.
We both were looking forward to seeing them again. In fact, our first time to eat inside a restaurant since COVID hit was meeting them at Wapiti's in Loveland.
The view from the porch and the good food was well worth the wait. 
We met them the next week to ride the Spring Creek Trail, one of our favorites in Ft. Collins. With the temperature in the low 70's and the sun shining, it was a great day for a bike ride. Here they are, at Edora Park, ready, willing and able!
We love the Spring Creek Trail since it takes us through wooded areas, past parks and open spaces, alongside horse corrals, the water in the creek and ends up at Spring Creek Park. 
We reached the turn around point, where Patty got some good pictures of the four of us. 
It was time to head back. An added plus is that it's basically downhill all the way back!
It took half the time to get back to the parking lot, and I think Ron and Patty were happy campers at that point.😀
It was so much fun we did a ride the following week, and rode both the Spring Creek and the Poudre Trail up to Ft. Collins. The trail took us past parks, buildings,meadows and the Cache de Poudre River.
It even took us past a flock of turkeys! Definitely a first for us while biking. There must have been 15-20 of those gobblers.😅
Our turn around point was the New Belgium Brewery, one of the most recognized places in Ft. Collins, especially for beer lovers. And no, we didn't stop for a "cold one" since it was way, way too early in the day. We are so thankful to have these two as friends!
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