July

The month of July is almost over and we have been taking in some spectacular sights in the area. We took the drive up to the top at 12,000 ft. via the old Fall River Road. This road does not open until after Memorial Day and closes sometime after Labor Day weather permitting. It is an 11 mile one-way dirt road that goes to the Alpine Summit Visitor Center and also one which makes Cindy a little nervous ( yea, me too at times). If you have ever driven Pikes Peak Road it is like that only one lane and one-way.



Today we took a hike up to the top of Deer Mountain, elevation 10,050 ft. and the views were outstanding. It is a 3 mile hike (one way) and you start at around 9500 ft. From the top we could see the surrounding area where we are at. We saw Estes Lake, Marys Lake, the town of Estes Park, the YMCA Complex, and last but not least our RV parked at Rockmount Cottages. The views were breath taking and no photo that we take can even compare to the actual beauty that we saw.






We are eagerly awaiting the return of the Elk. Due to the temperatures they have all headed into the high country, with just a few remaining around. We've been told sometime next month the bull elk will return and start their "bugling" so we are excited for this event to take place ( unless they keep us awake all night) then it might not be so great.

Life is what you make of it. Always has been, always will be.

July 4th weekend

Randy and family came up and spent a couple of days with us and as usual we had a great time. It's nice to have family close by to spend some time with and we appreciated the effort they made in coming here. They took a pretty good hike on the way here and I think they were as tired as we were from working so we just decided to sit around and take it easy Saturday evening.

Sunday morning Cindy and I had several cabins to clean so they decided to take a hike just in back of the property here. Now we have been here for over 10 weeks and have yet to see a bear, oh there have been people in the park that saw them but not us. So guess what they saw on the way down from their hike? Yep you guessed it, a cinnamon colored bear, probably 1 yr old by the size of it, but regardless a bear. They have some wonderful pictures they took of it and were gracious to let me post them on the blog. So I hope everyone enjoys viewing them. As for Cindy and I, we will keep looking and maybe someday see one.

Monday afternoon while everyone was sitting around outside, I opened the door to go out and saw some elk in the park. I went out and told everyone to be real still and maybe they would come by the camper. Well they kept still and the elk did come by, in fact there several and around 6-10 newborns. As you can tell by the pictures they came pretty close to the camper, close enough to eat on Cindy's flowers hanging out behind here. There were many great shots taken by everyone and if you would like to see more, April has them posted on her facebook.