Estes Park Colorado

April 28th and we are finally getting settled into our new location. We arrived here a week ago and were greeted with some mild temperatures and some snow still lying around on the mountains. This past weekend we made plans to drive to Denver and visit with Randy and family. Our original plans were to be there on Saturday to watch Connor play soccer and then spend the night. After talking with Randy on Friday and getting the weather report, we thought maybe we should head down Friday to beat the snow. The only real snow we hit was when we went through Roosevelt National Forest heading down highway 36 after leaving Estes Park. Once we were over the peak and starting down the mountain the snow quit, the roads were somewhat dry and we headed to Denver.

Due to the snow they had received, Connors soccer game was cancelled both Saturday and Sunday and we did not get to watch him play. We did get to spend some time just hanging around the house playing some games, going to the mall and eating too much Cajun food, and going Geo Cache hunting with the boys. We had a wonderful time with them and headed back Sunday evening. The real nice part was we did not have to drive 18 hours to get back home, only a couple of hours.

We have yet to go the park, but have had an enjoyable time watching the elk in the area. When I was on the phone with Randy Friday a herd of elk came by on the north side of our camper. I counted around 35-40 but they were just a little too far away to get a good picture. Today Cindy woke me up to let me know there were several just in front on the camper (30 feet or less) eating away on some grass. The weather here has been a mix of everything. We have had some real nice sunny days, some morning snow of 2-3 inches (gone by noon), and some very cool evenings. We’re looking forward to getting out and doing some serious sightseeing before the crowds start arriving.

This morning ( Thursday 29th) when we awoke there was a nice dusting of snow on the ground, about 4-6 inches, but gone by mid afternoon. We went into the Rocky Mt. National Park today with our bosses and had a nice time just driving around and taking in some of the beautiful sites up here. As you can see, plenty of snow and wildlife were there for the viewing. We see the weather is warming up back in Indiana and look forward to seeing all of you at Aaron’s in June, until then “Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror.”