A Day at Maroon Bells!

We’re Back! After a week of painfully pathetic internet and cell coverage, we finally are in Rifle, Colorado at the Public Library with high speed internet!  We have lots to catch up on, more in the updates below…now for the good stuff…. Maroon Bells  Yesterday we got up at 5:45am and drove 1 hour and 40 minutes to the west side of Aspen to catch the shuttle to Maroon Bells. The Maroon Bells are two peaks in the Elk Mountains, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, separated by about half a kilometer (one-third of a mile). Both peaks are fourteeners. Maroon…

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Two Days in Rocky Mountain N.P.

The wait is over!  Atom & Susan arrived Thursday afternoon!   It is so nice to have our friends with us for a portion of this journey.  We are in Estes Park and have had a delightful few days.  We explored Boulder, toured and hiked in the national park and enjoyed a wine tasting yesterday afternoon.   We have encountered a variety of weather, yesterday after visiting the Alpine Visitor Center (approx. 12,000 feet of elevation) there was sleet and hail and the temps dropped to 48.   We have a little compound at our campground! Today, we are exploring…

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Grand Teton Art! by Colleen

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The mountains of Grand Teton National park are so inspiring.  This is a watercolor of one of our rides through the park.   Travel Update: We left the Grand Lake area on Monday and have been in Lakewood CO, west of Denver.  While here we visited one of my old friends from college years.  We were lifeguards together at Coonskin Park in Charleston WV during late 70’s. We have not seen one another for 40 years! Real friends are able to rekindle and refresh the friendship where it left off…so grateful for such a rich history and such special friends!…

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