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A couple of weeks ago, Brian and I visited family and a chiropractor/magician in the Boulder area. While there, we decided to take the opportunity to visit Fort Collins. We found a place to stay through Airbnb.com, and were blown away by the warmth and general awesomeness of our hosts, Dave and Antonette.

She made kale taste good!

Dave & Antonette's daughter after trying one of my green smoothies.

Photos taken with an iTouch. The Horsetooth bouldering photo was taken by Brian. I fell about five seconds after he took it.

Highlights of our weekend in Fort Collins:

• Dinner at a tiny, but fantastic, Ethiopian restaurant, Ras Ka, then used book shopping at Old Firehouse Books.

• Brunch with our Airbnb hosts: french toast, roasted potatoes, sausage, cantaloupe, and coffee. Best. Hosts. Ever.

• Perusing the chunks of energy flavors at the Fort Collins Food Co-op, by far the largest selection I've ever seen. The Goji berry with cacao was my favorite. Yum.

• Bouldering in the sun at Horsetooth Reservoir on the Rotary Park boulders, followed by a quick dip in the reservoir, then more bouldering. The area is well-known among climbers, as it's where John Gill climbed in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

• Thanks to my dad, we were aware of the solar eclipse during our visit and, lucky for us, our hosts invited us to their eclipse-viewing party. We used their makeshift pinhole projector to watch the moon cover the sun... until clouds got in the way.

PS: I started this post nearly a month ago, but put it on hold while I (worked like a mad woman) helped make some exciting changes to Order's Up App. Check it out if you get a chance!