May the 21st and the busy season is creeping upon us like a thief in the night. We are finally adjusted to the 7500 ft. altitude and busy as a bee. We have 20 cabins here and most of them we had to start getting ready for the summer season. We have found that we have muscles that have not been used for quite some time. But as I’ve mentioned before life is all about giving and getting and we are being rewarded with the beautiful views that we wake up to in the morning (even the 12 inches of snow on May 12th). It’s quite a thrill to be sitting at the table and eating breakfast and look out the window, only to see several elk grazing grass around the camper. The birthing season is coming up within the next few weeks so we are excited and hoping to see some new born elk.
Randy and family came up last weekend on our 28th anniversary (although they were not aware of it) and we enjoyed the day with them. We went fishing then out to eat and we had a real nice visit. We’re looking forward to their return on Memorial Day weekend.
Cindy and I went into the park and thought we would hike a trail or two. I guess we did not give any thought about choosing a trial located towards the top of the park because boy were we surprised to find a ton of snow up there. We are at 7500ft and the end of the road we took is about 9500ft. We were a little shocked to find the trails up there had about 2 ½ feet of snow still on them. We decided that maybe we should wait another month until the trail was opened for us beginners that do not own snowshoes or shoe cleats. We did find a real nice trial around a lake that we took and enjoyed the day taking in some sights.
We’re getting excited about going to Aaron and Laura’s the first of June for their reception and getting the chance to visit with our families from Indiana and Kentucky. Hope everyone can make the trip and enjoy the time together. Remember this; “Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once”.
