Still in Colorado

Well, we have a great wifi connection here in Loveland, and we have had a wonderful weekend up in the mountains, so we have to provide an update. On Thursday, we drove up to Estes Park and up into Rocky Mountain National Park, trying to beat a snow storm that threatened to close the pass. The trip on Hwy 34 is absolutely breathtaking so we'll show you a picture or two. It took us almost 3 hours, but that was because with every turn, we saw a new view that we just had to capture!

Once we got through the park and arrived at our friends' home at Lake Granby, it was cloudy and rainy, but there was promise of a better weekend. After Deb and Kent arrived, we drove back to Rocky Mtn National Park to watch for wildlife then later enjoyed a great halibut dinner (complements of Dean's fishing trip in Homer). On Saturday, the sun came out and we went for an early morning wildlife hunt and a late breakfast. After lunch, Deb and I hiked a four-mile trail around Monarch Lake in the Arapahoe National Forest. The weather was just gorgeous and views were undescribable. I'll attach a couple of pictures, although they hardly do the area justice. Saturday evening, we took one last trip to the park and finally captured a herd of moose crossing the road. We always see elk there, but moose are a bit more elusive, so it was better than winning the lottery.

As we prepared to leave this morning, we learned that the pass back through the park was closed due to 7-ft drifts of snow and a rock slide so we took the long way back home. We travelled south through Winter Park, then north on Hwy 6 (which was beautiful), through Boulder (where I lived in kindergarten) and then back to Loveland. Tomorrow, we are headed to Colorado Springs with one more stop to see friends in Monument tomorrow night before heading home. There is supposed to be sunshine, so we will bank on that! We plan to be home on Wednesday -