Rocky Mountain High, Colorado (The End)

Flora and Fauna
of Colorado
Idaho Springs, Georgetown
and Estes Park
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Rocky Mountain High, Colorado (Part Three)

...and we were high-8,500 feet! 

Tips for walking a trail at 8,500 feet!  Take deep breaths, no rushing ahead of everyone else, and drink a lot of water!  

Starting Point - Ranger Station

Trail Walkers are duly warned!

We are at Wild Basin
Back Woods of the RMNP

There are several trail options...
We chose this one because..
a. it was short .6 of a mile round trip
(There was no b. or c.)

The Falls

Upper Falls

Lower Falls

Back to the Beginning
The Experience was Major!

Rocky Mountain High, Colorado (Part Two)

When I left you at the end of Part One, we had driven from Denver to Idaho Springs, visited Georgetown, and were on our way to Estes Park.

Part Two - Estes Park, Colorado

What a wonderful place!  I visited Estes Park in the 60's, 70's, and now 2013.  It is a tourist town with a small town feel.  Tourists are always welcome as a part of the community.  We were there this time to visit family and meet some new friends.  We pretended we were natives, but got in a little 'tourist time'!

Highlights of this tourist:

Brad Fitch (CowboyBrad.com) one-man show in Performance Park. We were outside under the Western sky when Brad sang 'Rocky Mountain High' (Colorado State song) for us and an audience of about 350.

 

 Taking a stroll on the
Copeland Falls Trail at Wild Basin,
Rocky Mountain National Park.  
I will take you on the trail in Part Three: Rocky Mountain High...Walking a Trail at 7500 feet.

After leaving the trail we made a quick stop at the Baldpate Inn, a favorite stop for all tourists. It is best known for its collection of keys:

These keys have been sent or left here
by visitors for all over the world.
I adopted a key that had lost its tag.
It will be placed in the Arkansas Section
of the ceiling of tags.

Sat on the porch 

for a few minutes.

Chuck caught a

hummingbird in flight.

Highlight of the trip - just hanging out with family and friends.  Hanging out for Chuck meant a chance to 'jam' with Cowboy Brad while the rest of us enjoyed a concert. 

Someone said (not sure who?):

"All good things must come to an end."

If that is true-Our end of this good thing was 

a beautiful Colorado sunset.

Part Three is coming....

Rocky Mountain High, Colorado (Part One)

Just got back from a week in Colorado...first to Idaho Springs, Georgetown, then Estes Park (Part Two!

We had a great time visiting relatives and meeting new friends.  We came from from approximately 300 feet above sea level in Arkansas to 7500 feet in Idaho Springs and 8500 in Georgetown and back down to 7,500 feet in Estes Park.  Definitely had to adjust to the change.  We drank lots and lots of water and didn't move too fast.  Colorado is one of my favorite States.  The Rockies are awesome and the people even more so.  

We don't buy 'dust catchers'...just send ourselves postcards!

Continental Divide on the way to Idaho Springs from Denver Airport

Idaho Springs

'Vintage Moose Tavern' where we had Beer and Antipasto

Gospel Music-Group getting ready
for Gospel Music Festival
that weekend-we would be in
Estes Park by then so we stopped and listened for a while.
In the cutest shop-

(Cute Shop-No, I couldn't buy it!
It wouldn't fit in our suitcase.)

Walk by Clear Creek 

Georgetown

Louis DuPuy's Hotel de Paris and Gardens

On to Estes Park...continued in 

Part Two of Rocky Mountain High, Colorado!