Homecoming

So, to celebrate Micah and I getting home from Spokane and the fact that we didn't want to participate in all the hoopla of next week's CSU Homecoming weekend (too many crowds for our likes, lol), we picked up Noah from his dorm and spent a day together yesterday. We'd initially planned to head up to Estes Park for our somewhat annual fall trek there, but the weather forecast (40s, rain/snow, overcast) had us changing plans and heading to Denver for Aurora's Punkin Chunkin Festival.

As it turned out, the wind made it colder than anticipated and less fun (but at least there was occasional sunshine!). We enjoyed the food truck foods and watched some of the pumpkin launching:

There were a number of categories of machines...from human powered (in kilts) to air cannons. (There was also chain saw wood carving and a corvette show and live music, for what it's worth.) We huddled together for warmth:

But we ended up leaving early and headed to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science for some indoor time, enjoying tackling all the puzzles in the temporary Mindbenders Mansion exhibit:

And, we managed a group shot in our CSU shirts:

(I'd envisioned a nice shot in the fall colors up in Estes, but that didn't pan out, so we'll go with this. :) Many thanks to the stranger who took the shot for us.)

After the museum, we headed home for some family game time and visiting before taking Noah back to his dorm. Happy sigh.