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A Lovely Time in Loveland

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A month ago John and I decided to visit Fort Collins, CO for an overnight visit. We love Fort Collins and are entertaining the idea of moving there someday…perhaps.

On our way to Fort Collins, we stopped in the neighboring town Loveland, CO to visit John’s sister and her husband and go on a boat ride with her and her husband.

We had a lovely boat ride around the reservoir/lake area they live in (Colorado is far from the ocean but we do have rivers, reservoirs and lakes to sail on). Their adorable little dog Lacey came on the boat ride with us and had her own little bed on the boat:

After visiting with John’s sister and her husband we stopped at the Loveland Visitor Center to get John a sticker (he collects stickers to put on his toolbox) and took some photos of the awesome “Love” sign outside the visitor center:

(Did you spot John in the photo?)

Behind the “O” of LOVE, which is shaped into a heart, are “love locks” where people promising their love to each other have left locks:

You can see the theme of Loveland is “Love” and inside the visitor center they also had this sign that you could use as a background for photos:

Postscript

A Visit to Pink Door Fabrics

Before we got to Loveland, we first stopped in Frederick, CO to visit the retail store of Pink Door Fabrics, which is only open to the public 2 days a month.

Here are some photos from my wander around the retail store of Pink Door Fabrics, which is primarily an online shop specializing in Tula Pink fabrics.

I was well behaved until I got to this section of the shop:

I filled my bag really full and they did not mind!

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19 thoughts on “A Lovely Time in Loveland”

  4. I wonder why the door isn’t painted pink! You did a nice job of scrap stuffing. I love places like that and do the same when I find one. I dated a young man from Loveland, and he talked about the Valentine mail that went through there! I’ve never stopped there when in CO, though I’ve spent a lot of time there, but more toward Delores, where my husband and I would park the 5th wheel for a week near the river every year. What good memories, and a great trip for you, I’m sure.

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  8. What a cool town and a nice visit! So nice to visit family and be able to sightsee and shop a little bit at the same time 🙂 And Lacey is just adorable! Though of course not quite as adorable as Mike 🙂

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