Fort Fun Families

FAST FACTS
* Centennial Livestock Auction is located at 113 N.W. Frontage Road, Fort Collins.
* Contact info: (970) 482-6207 or cla.auction@prodigy.net
* Website: www.claauction.com
So it’s officially winter here in Fort Collins and since my boys are a bit wimpy when it comes to snow and cold (and I’ll admit to getting tired of the [...]

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My family went to pick out our pumpkins yesterday. We found this patch last year and vowed to return this year.
As we entered the patch, we met their pigs, llamas, sheep and would have met their turkeys, but my youngest wanted to avoid them (?).
We went out to the field, looking for THE perfect [...]

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My family recently had the wonderful opportunity to learn from some Master Naturalists about the ecology of the Fort Collins prairie.
Along with some others from our homeschool association, we met the Master Naturalists at the Cathy Fromme Prairie on a beautiful October day.

We split into two small groups, each being shown some different things about [...]

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My sister’s husband’s family has a long-standing tradition of staying at the YMCA of the Rockies Estes Park Center every fall.
It is a tradition which my sister has kept up with her husband – usually they use the time to reconnect with each other as they are both busy doctors, but this year they decided [...]

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OK, so here’s the roundup of the pumpkin patches in Larimer County. If you have any to add, please let me know in the comments.

Also feel free to post your pumpkin patch photos on our FortFunFamily flickr group. I’ve posted a few of my pictures from my recent visit to Bartels Farm on [...]

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FAST FACTS
* Local Berry Picking is located at 1712 W Vine, Fort Collins.
* Contact Info: 493-7779
*Verns Place is located at 4120 West County Road 54G, Laporte.
* Contact info: 493-5511
How about local berry picking on a weekend morning? We tried it last weekend on the north side of Fort Collins. You’ll find a [...]

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Here’s a great story from a local mom…

Our homeschool group took a tour of Taft Hill Dairy today.
The cows are technically fully pasture-fed (as much as they can be in CO — I’ve toured quite a few dairies of late, and they all supplement with a tiny amount of organic corn). This means they get [...]

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I had a really wonderful experience a few weeks ago. I have been seeing a chiropractor for the last several years and all the while have been hearing great things about Colleen Holland and Inner Potential Chiropractic.
I finally decided to ask Colleen about her about her practice and then the very same day I [...]

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