What's there for a couple to do on a day trip to Ft. Collins?

[Mazin]

Head out by me and check out the wild life refuge.

[Sawin]

There's a decent outlet mall in Loveland, but I haven't been there in a few years, so it might not be so decent anymore... but you mentioned a "mall".

[newracer]

The outlet mall only has a handful of stores remaining. Centerra on the other side of the highway is decent, typical mall stuff. Not a great selection of restaurants though, IMO.

[jmg8550]

There is no good asian food in NoCo, especially ft fun. 2x was it for me, when the rest room had no soap or paper towels.

You want awful... Come up to Cheyenne and try any Asian food restaurant. They are on a whole different level of garbage.

[wctriumph]

Clarifications:
I've got to only consider things SHE'D be interested in doing.
She won't touch beer & I'd never get her into a brewery/microbrewery.
Neither of us are into physical stuff like hiking - if we can't drive to it & it 's more than, say, a mall, we won't walk it.
We'll be back home in COS long before night time (pub activities) begin.
Other than maybe Loveland & Greeley, we'll be sticking close to the I-25 corridor - no Estes this trip.
No overnight stays as we have a 19yo cat that needs a special diet & my wife won't trust feeding her to anyone.(A full day/evening outing will be pushing it)

Stu - Jax might be doable for a very quick walk through.

Guylee/Cableguy11 - See above about wife & beer. It's a shame too, New Belgium made my favorite bottles when I used to homebrew.

Tan - thanks for the links. A museum may be something she'd be interested in.

Bryjcom - Jensens, maybe. Thanks. "Google it on my phone". That's cute. Apparently you haven't heard the (true) rumors about how theGinsue is too cheap to pay for a data plan & won't get a smartphone.

Great Kazoo - Meet up's are problematic as she gets pissed when I do meet-ups on our trips. The last time I did a meet-up on one of her & my trips was with Stu in Blackhawk. I heard about it from her for weeks.

Thanks folks.

There are lots of shops in the Old Town Square area with pretty good food and art and stuff. Pretty good Italian at Bisetties. Look on line for historic places to visit and such. Or, we could just say the Fort Collins is a terrible place and things are better if you south of Walsenburg. Greeley has a Winchell's Donuts! Fort Collins only has a Dunkin' Donuts.

Man, without the beer tours, its hard to know what to do in Fort Collins.

[Great-Kazoo]

Man, without the beer tours, its hard to know what to do in Fort Collins.

plenty, walk old town will take 2-4 hours depending how many shops you stop for. The Savory Spice shop is worth a visit. west side of college north of marys mountain cookies. between mountain and jefferson. There's a killer chocolate shop, mountain & college SE side. From small batches of fudge, chocolate covered marshmellows and milkshakes, a potpourri of things to load up on.

[trlcavscout]

Hu hot is fun for Asian style, not really Asian I guess but I like it in Fort Collins. Not really much in Greeley. Loveland has centera. Not really much up here that you don't have. Maybe a drive around horse tooth then lunch downtown Fort Collins then head up to the free state.

[SideShow Bob]

Given the restrictions, there is always the processing plant tour..............

Never mind, that is Greeley's top tourist attraction.

[TheGrey]

Hope you have an excellent trip up there, Thomas! Even if none of the tourist attractions catch your interest, it's a pretty town and it's always fun to window shop, people watch, and try out new restaurants and coffee shops. Wear comfortable shoes. Maybe there are antique stores or something that might be fun to prowl through. Do you guys like to browse in antique/second-hand shops? Book stores?

[Great-Kazoo]

Take her to garage sales. You just happen to stop at ours. I'll throw the smoker on, she shops out front, you hit the shop and both end up buying things. PLUS you get a good meal , it's all part of Honest Hamids 1low price tour package. We also provide free parking, on site valet service, no need to lock your doors here.