Springtime in the Rockies Redux

Yesterday, we sat outdoors in our shirtsleeves, eating ice cream. Bonnie Brae, by the way, is perfectly decent ice cream, but nowhere near as good as Liks, which scoops the Mile High City's best cone. After ice cream, we strolled in the park, just another couple in amongst the vast crowd of other couples, familes, bicyclists, rollerbladers, runners, dog-walkers, frisbee-throwers, volleyballists, and all the others out enjoying the fantastic weather. We sat on a bench in front of the lake. Moments after we sat down, a submerged bird burst to the surface of the water, a flopping fish clutched tightly in its beak. It gulped the fish down whole, and we could see it still flopping as it slid down the bird's throat. It was a beautiful day, perfectly typical for April on Colorado's Front Range - Springtime in Denver is glorious!

Today at 11:00 am, it was snowing in great big fat swirling ploofs, and probably didn't get above 40° all day. Gloomy clouds scudded across the sky all afternoon. Every time I stepped outside, I regretted not bringing gloves or a hat. They're predicting more snow for later in the week. It was a miserable day, perfectly typical for April on Colorado's Front Range - Springtime in Denver is lousy!