Be sure to visit COLORADO.com/ FieldGuide for even more itineraries! 1 BIKES, ART & BEER: A WEEKEND IN FORT COLLINS, LOVELAND & GREELEY QUICK TIP 152 / DAY 1 COLORADO Breweries are as much a part of Fort Collins as the surrounding prairies, mountains and canyons. With more than 280 miles of bike trails and lanes, bikes and beer are natural companions here. In fact, Fort Collins produces 70 percent of all craft beer in Colorado, so whether you ride a cruiser, fixie or just a plain old bike, hop on, grab your ID and get pedaling! Pick up your method of transportation for the day at the Fort Collins Bike Share ( bikefortcollins.org ). Then, kick-start your morn-ing in Historic Old Town (2) and ride up to The Bean Cycle , where you can sip a steamin’ cup of ethically sourced coffee and peruse books at Wolverine Farm Publishing in the same building. Other places to investigate Fort Collins’ exploding craft-coffee arena include Harbinger Coffee , Bindle Coffee and Everyday Joe’s . Spend the morning explor-ing Old Town’s bookstores, galleries and shops. Historic homes like the Victorian-style Avery House and the adobe Museo de las Tres Colonias tell stories of gold seekers, immigrants and sugar beets. JESSUP FARM BARREL HOUSE, RICHARD HARO. Spend a few days cruising between these northern Colorado towns, where bike trails, breweries, menus crafted by ingredients from local farms, museums, sculpture gardens and other artful spaces compete with the natural beauty for visitors’ attention. For lunch, stop into Ginger and Baker in the historic Northern Colorado Feeder Supply building, a new foodie haven replete with a coffee and pie shop, and With 50 protected natural areas and a bounty of open space, Fort Collins is a hotbed for birding and other wildlife viewing. Find a checklist of local birds at fcgov.com/naturalareas and look for American wood-cocks, great horned owls, sandhill cranes, red-tailed hawks and a bounty of other winged beauties. 1-800-COLORADO
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