1 Bring your fur babies for a special Friday time at 9 a.m. at Garden of the Gods. Check in at Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center for a dog-friendly trail map and giveaways. Dogs on leash except in the designated off-leash area. Bring poo bags. gardenofgods.com

2 A great Sunday walk. The annual Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Run to the Shrine, the only time folks can walk up the mountain to Will Rogers Shrine, sold out for Saturday so a Sunday event was added from 3:20-8 p.m. 4 miles up and back, with spectacular views. Register for this zoo fundraiser: cmzoo.org/events-programs/ special-events/run-to-the-shrine

3 The romance of the steam engines lives again when, for the first time, the 62-year-old Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden will have three coal-fired narrow-gauge locomotives operating during two days, Saturday and Sunday, including Rio Grande Southern No. 20, Denver & Rio Grande Western No. 346 and the big guy, Denver & Rio Grande Western No. 491. Parade at 9:30 a.m., train rides every half hour until 3 p.m. Timed admission, masks required. Tickets: Coloradorailroad Museum.org, 303-279-4591

4 Ride around the area and stop your motorcycle to toss darts for prizes in the VFW Warriors Spring Dart Run to benefit veterans. A donations breakfast at 8:30 a.m. and the ride starts at 9 a.m. Saturday from The Retired Enlisted Association, 3065 S. Academy Blvd., with stops in Franktown, Elizabeth, Falcon and VFW Post 3917 in Security. Tickets from $15, tinyurl.com/2mp5nba6

5 These snakes aren’t on a plane, they’re in the Pueblo Convention Center for the two-day HERPS Colorado Exotic Reptile and Pet Show. Reptiles, amphibians, inverts, feeders and more available from breeders. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. 320 Central Main St. One- and two-day tickets: herpshow. net/buy-ticket/reptile-show-in-pueblo-co

6 Baseball in Southern Colorado: Brown Bombers, CF&I League, La Gente Sports and, from up north, the Beet Leagues. All part of a free Colorado baseball history exhibit, “¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues Colorado,” at El Pueblo History Museum in Pueblo through Aug. 1. From community baseball teams to the Major League, reproductions of historic and personal photographs, graphics and a bilingual video produced by “La Vida Baseball.” Traveling exhibition. 301 N. Union Ave. Museum open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Elpueblohistorymuseum.org, 719-583-0453.