South Dakota.... the sign snuck up on me.
Wyoming landscape,
notice the motorcycles.... we started seeing a lot of them
Leaving The Rockies.....
Does anyone recognize this? It's in Estes Park, CO
I'll give you a hint........
REDRUM
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Day 19 - 8/6 - Rocky Mountain National Park....Again
Very much needed today
Oh, so good!
First wings in a month, looks like he enjoyed them.
I did too!
Top of Mountain elevation 10,000ft
Yes that is snow, and if you look close, you can see the
mountain stream run-off of the snow melt
just above my head
So pretty, flowers blooming all around
Emerald Lake
Hike = 3.6 miles round trip with an
increase in elevation of 605 ft.
We hit all 3 lakes during the hike, absolutely beautiful
We also got rained on, froze, sunburned, and I made it down that trail in no time,
Ken couldn't keep up. Don't think I ever needed a bathroom so bad in my life!
So many trout...... no fishing rod.
Dream Lake
Flowers were blooming everywhere, beautiful
Nymph Lake, gorgeous with the yellow Lily Pads
Day 18 - 8/5 - Goodbye kids
This is the life
Back to Estes Park for some down(?) time
Unfortunately, no Kayla, yes it was raining again, so I used an old picture
The quote of the day is from a Beatles song:
Oh, that magic feeling, nowhere to go......nowhere to go
Last meal with the kids...Bummer!
The question is, will we still be married when we get home?
Blowin' straw wrappers, family fun
Rockies again
Day 17 - 8/4 - Black Canyon of the Gunnison - on our way to Denver
Painted Walls
Black cloud followed us in, again.
Cold rainy, windy, brutal. And us in our shorts and sandals.
Kayla wouldn't even exit the car.
What a shame too, this place was really cool.
1/2 mile deep, and in the narrows it was only as wide as the visitor center.
Truly a canyon carved by the Gunnison River.
Crazy tunnel, think they have a rock slide problem there?
I was a little late with the picture, but this amazed us.
We are at an elevation of 9400ft and climbing, the top was 10,600ft, and
this guy (and others along the way) are riding their bikes(!) up the mountain?
I can't even imagine it! Even more incredible, these roads are crazy: switchbacks,
no guard rails, no shoulder, straight down....... I am assuming they are
training for something, could a person really do this just for fun?
Friday, August 6, 2010
Day 16 - 8/3 - Mesa Verde
Camp at Mesa Verde, we forgot to take the
picture until after we dropped one of the tents
And finally, to the top
Now we have to climb topside
Here we come!
Tight squeeze
Exit from Balcony House
Out the other side
Balcony House, ladder through a hatchway
The way into Balcony House
Cliff Palace
Cliff Palace
Cliff Palace
Incredible!
Mule Deer
Wild Horses
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