Colorado Trip July 2010

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Here are some pictures from our first full day.

Today was a full day. We went to an art fair in the morning - by accident, we were going for a walk by the lake near our lodge. The quality of the art was out of this world. They also had wine tasting, which we thoroughly enjoyed on a Sunday morning. We must have, we ordered a case of Austrian wine to be shipped to our home. We had a simple lunch and got on our Jeep tour. Wolf was the name of the driver, he moved from Austria (huh) in 1962 to Toronto originally, then on to Whistler BC. He was there just a year before coming to this area. He was a most interesting tour guide. He knew every kind of plant there was, and how they could be used for homeopathic treatment. He also knew what each animal ate, what their patterns were, etc. He took us on a 3 1/2 hour tour through some roads (?) that you could only access with a special use permit. The openness of the area was breathtaking.

Monday we are hiking and Tuesday we are taking a bike tour down one of the highest peaks in the area. They will transport us up, we only have to bike down!! My kind of bike ride.

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Photos

Castle Mountain
This is a most interesting mountain, from a volcano about 5000 years ago, could see volcanic debris for 20 miles

Bee
Bee on Black Cone Flower

Soaring
Check out this bird soaring

Snow
Check out the snow at the top of this mountain

Soaring again
Same bird, another perspective

Mountain ranges
Mountain ranges

Mountain ranges
Mountains

Dan
at crest of our ascent into mountain country

Paula
at crest of our ascent into mountain country

Red flowers
at 11,000 ft

Mule Deer
hiding from us as we drove by in the Jeep

Paula by lake
Waiting patiently by the rec lake by our lodge while I took picturess

Thistle
near our lodge

Yellow flowers
At edge of lake by our lodge

Comments

[Kyle Roehler]

You really are enjoying your new photograpy toys!
Looks like you are having nice weather too. Enjoy.

[Dorissa]

Jealous!
The country looks stunning - what a great trip!

[DTR]

Weather is great
Short showers every afternoon, but mostly we are in the 70s and sunny. No winds to speak of except the last few miles of our ride this afternoon and just before the late afternoon showers.

[DTR]

Scenery is wonderful
Look in any direction for outstanding natural beauty. They take environmental responsibility VERY seriously!