Teddy Bear!

We have shown you, our readers, a few works of Pueblo art. You may have seen this one while walking or driving around downtown Pueblo, Colorado. It's a giant teddy bear holding a heart. The artistry on this is wonderful and intricate. You can stand in front of this wall for probably half an hour and not see everything that is at work here. It's definitely a friendly face when you are on your way somewhere!

Rawlings Library

Pueblo City County Library District (PCCLD) is a wonderful tool! On almost the same level as Pikes Peak Library District (PPLD), PCCLD has libraries throughout Pueblo, CO, as well as a few satellite libraries in nearby towns. The main library is the Rawlings Library on Abriendo Avenue. There is plenty of parking; a cafeteria; a Youth Services area complete with toys, kids' games, a storytime room and a puppet stage with puppets you can borrow; plenty of internet and catalog computers; a 3D printer and a 3D simulator; LOTS of nonfiction and fiction books for every age; really wonderful Hispanic resources, both for English-speakers learning Spanish and Spanish-speakers learning English; a floor devoted to genealogy and history; a news museum, movie theatre and gallery on the fourth floor; and lots of festivities, activities, events, classes and really nice librarians. For a bibliophile, what more could you want?

Creatures

Pueblo, CO has a large selection of Creatures' artwork, on different buildings throughout town. Here is a very new piece of art. We watched them working on it a few days in a row a couple weeks ago. This particular piece is right in the drive-thru parking lot of Mexi-Deli on Abriendo Ave, across the street from Rawlings Library.

Walking Along Northern Avenue

If you are trying to lose weight or if you are otherwise into jogging and fitness, a wonderful sidewalk to walk or run on in Pueblo, Colorado, is the sidewalk along Northern Ave between Cambridge Ave and Pueblo Blvd. As you can see from the picture, the entire thing is wiggly like a snake. For blocks. It adds at least a mile, I'm sure. And if you are the kind of person that walks everywhere as transportation, as I do, you might not need or even want that added mile. Therefore, when I walk between Pueblo Boulevard and the Colorado State Fair Grounds area, I ignore the presence of this sidewalk entirely. I walk a straight line, through the grass and across the sidewalk multiple times. The nice thing about ignoring the sidewalk is that you can get some intermittent shade from the trees and maybe even pick a few apples from the apple trees, if you can find some that are ripe without bugs in them. There are also some pleasant rosebushes and gardens along the way, so the walk can be kind of nice.

Find This Church! Pt. 2

What a beautiful church! It's actually very large, if you go around on the right side. It seems to be unoccupied, so I don't think you can go there for services, but if you take a walk kind of southwest of Pueblo's Rawlings Library, maybe you can find it and take a look at the building anyway. Pueblo, CO has a lot of beautiful buildings and, although a lot of the churches are not much to look at, some of them are.

Find This Steet Corner!

Marigolds and Cosmos make a lovely combination! Can you find this Pueblo Colorado street corner? Here's a hint: It's on the same street as the church shown in the last post! That is, a bit east of the Colorado State Fair Grounds.

Find This Church!

Where in Pueblo, Colorado is this church? Go for a walk and find it! Here's a clue: Somewhere on the diagonal blocks east of the Colorado State Fair Grounds.

Spring Flowers

Have you been walking around Pueblo, CO lately? We were down at the Union St shops the other day and we spotted lots of pretty flowers. Here are some samples!

Kid Walk 2 - 18th Street and Graham Avenue --> Arkansas River

     Kid Walk #2 is going to take you down a nice trail. You can leave your car on a side street off of 18th street close to the bridge over the railroad tracks. You'll start your adventure at 18th Street and Graham Avenue.

      You will see a concrete path leading parallel to Graham Avenue south of 18th Street. This is your trail. It will take you and the kiddos through a very nice park complete with lots of grass, basketball hoops, a pavilion with tables and a playground. Stop to let the little ones play for a while before continuing down the trail under the railroad bridge.

     It is a very nice walk next to the signature Arkansas River trees and grasses. Shortly, you will find yourself at a nice bridge crossing the Arkansas River. Our son likes to run back and forth across the bridge for a few minutes before we keep walking. At this junction, you can choose two directions: upriver towards the nature center or downriver towards the Riverwalk. It's a few miles to the Riverwalk, but it is worth the trip on a nice day. You can also just enjoy walking beside the river, looking for fish or even fishing!