Not enough snow for snowshoeing but we enjoyed winter hiking in this beautiful park.Hiking up to Mills LakeAmazing ice formations on the lake.Vance Kirkland-esque ice formations at dawn on our round window at home.
The timing was dictated by another celebration: The graduate with a Master of Science Degree in Management and her proud Mima.followed by an awesome meal…A few nights in Key Largo – perfect weather, our feet in the sand, watching the sunset. A night that dreams are made of!Palm trees with Christmas lights. Celebrating 12-12-12…Key Lime Pie in the Keys!
The youngest nephew and his girl came to visit. Great weather for early December.Remembering our concerts we had seen there: Peace Love and the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.It has been a healthy year for us. We both got into cycling again did many 27 mile workouts to Cherry Creek State Park.Such gorgeous Colorado scenery!
Don’t you wish you owned that bike?!!! We got up early to see the start Saturday in Golden and then went up to downtown Boulder to watch the riders come through before the final ascent. We also got our picture in the Boulder Camera blog
We got close to the start for the Time Trial in Denver Civic Center Park (with the professional photographers) under wilting, scorching, unbelievable heat – but was great to be able to cheer on each rider and see them (and their bikes) up close. Good fun!
Straddling the beginning of the Colorado River at the summit of La Poudre Pass after hiking the Colorado River Trail through Shipler Park and the site of Lulu City. This was a 15 mile round trip hike! We were ready for the hot tub back at the condo.The Colorado River starts mainly as runoff and becomes swamp area near the summit of La Poudre Pass. The Grand ditch catches snow melt from a large portion of the Never Summer Mountains and also feeds into the Colorado River at the summit.The Little Yellowstone Canyon is on the Colorado River Trail south of the La Poudre Pass.
Gorgeous claret cup blooms against the black canyon. We enjoyed our stop here on the way home from Utah. We met a fun Australian and enjoyed swapping stories – it is he that told us where to find this bloom and we set off just before sunset to find.
A weekend of hiking and camping fun with friendsGreetings from Us in Needles DistrictLost Hikers Joint Trail Hike PanoramaChessler Park PanoramaColorful Opuntia bloom in Chessler ParkSpring in Chessler Park with Opuntia bloomsViewing The Solar Eclipse Ring of Fire at Pot Hole PointPlaying around with Shadows during The Solar Eclipse Ring of Fire at Pot Hole PointThe Shadows look like pictographs on Pot Hole Point during the Ring of Fire Solar EclipseEnjoying the quiet times at sunset. We appreciate all the ranger led programs in the National Parks – Thank you! This special telescope allowed an amazing view of the solar eclipse – although the image was upside down.