IM Pei Trail

Since moving away from the south, David and I have been on the search for a good southern-style biscuit. We heard of a place in downtown Boulder that serves up gigantic, made-from-scratch buttermilk biscuits for breakfast, so we decided to move it to the top of our breakfast club list.

Lucille’s Creole Café is located in a small yellow Victorian house just a few blocks north of the Pearl Street Mall. They served Creole favorites and New Orleans style beignets, along with the delicious buttermilk biscuits that are the best we’ve had to date.

We decided to burn off some calories by exploring the trails around the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), a sandstone weather research center and museum designed by famous architect I.M. Pei. We took a trail that starts right behind the building and meanders through Bear Canyon. We followed Bear Creek past numerous waterfalls and cascades, maneuvering over several tricky water crossings along the way. We loved hiking through this canyon, being surrounded by the giant boulder walls and taking in the amazing views of the NCAR building with the vast Colorado plains stretching out behind it.