Tuesday, July 5, 2011

more pics

These were up at the 12000 plus elevations today.  Definite a chore to breath up there, just walking around had us breathing heavy.



The one on the left looks down in the valley.  The road way is very steep, narrow and winding.  Many hairpin turns and no guard rails.  I would hate to be afraid of heights.  We stopped at a visitors center and saw many people battling altitude sickness.  We were a little better off having been in the area for a week.

 Bouncy walkway that over hung a huge drop off, elk at the bottom.

Melting is making the streams run pretty good.  Trout pond on right, catch and release.



Leaving the mountains in the morning.  I think we are both over the elevation, tired all the time.  Heading South...

Rocky Mountain National Park

Just some pics at the higher elevations of the Rockies.



 Elk were all over the place today.  We could get pretty close to these ones.  Us on the tundra with the elk behind us.

 Flowers on the tundra.

 Snow field, still pretty deep in places.  The little sign on the right pic warns to stay off.

4th of July

Busy day today, started with a visit across from our trailer of a young elk.  Then we went to this church for a pancake breakfast.

We met Jean and Liane there.  After breakfast we checked out the church which is built into the side of a hill and is very beautiful.

There was a car show in town.  Just a representation of what was there and a GTO for Patrick.  This was a 1965, we think his was older.

This clock is on the other end of town.  It has four sides with each representing a season.  On the hour the upper panel open and it plays a song.  Couldn't make out what it was because of the crowds.

Not sure what the water is but it goes all through town and is very high.  It is just below the bottom of the bridges and is "taped" off in places.  We then went to this little store to get a pie for the fire works.  Liane and Jean came over to watch.  We had the perfect view. Our campground is right across the street from where they were set off.  We walked a bit into the street and had an unobscured view.  The fireworks lasted about a half hour.  We also had a party in a house just outside the campground that had a live band so we had entertainment all evening.









We also spent a bit of time planning our route home.  We will go South then East.  Still have a couple of days so another day in the National Park.  Until tomorrow.....

Sunday, July 3, 2011

wedding

 Diamond Meadow, where the wedding took place.  There were elk there after the ceremony but we missed them.

 Jill and Jay.

O & Jo.

 Peter and Patti Olen.

Jill and Butch, he is an author and Jill's best friend from high school.

Patty dancing with "Pops".

We "won" the longest married couple dance.

Jill's daughter, Grace, is the one in the middle.

Jill and Jay this morning.




It was a challenge to move at the Lodge.  It was over 9000 feet so any small high became a slow crawl upward gasping for air in a matter of moments.  Beautiful place but it zapped energy quickly.

rehearsal dinner at Jill's & Aspen Lodge

 Bill, Patty, Jean and Peter.

Back yard at Jill's.

Bill and Jill.

Grace, Karen, Jim and Leanne.

The road to Aspen Lodge.

View from our balcony.

 The Aspen Lodge is the largest log cabin in Colorado.  Horseback riding is offered.