Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Colorado Fun

Here are some pictures of some things we have enjoyed doing in Colorado:

A lady from work told me that we should go hiking about a hour and a half from Fort Collins. We decided to take a drive up there one day to check it out and turns out it is actually Rocky Mountain National Park! The place is beautiful and we saw some amazing animals. This buck was chillin right in the middle of a campground- we approached him (which we later found out is against the law) for this pic. He was HUGE, when he was standing easily bigger than a horse!
This was the same day on a different road- there was three elk feeding right by the side of the road! Just for everyones information he was really this close (only about 10 feet)! Awesome!
This is just a small view of the park and the famous Rockies.
Chad and I like to play games together- this Jenga tower was Super tall!

One afternoon Chad and I rented these trikes and road on a bike path out to the foothills. They were really fun. Chad enjoyed using his bell trying to roll it, and ride on two wheels. We highly recommend them to anyone.

We found another waterfall driving up the Poudre River on our way to camp.

Chad and I at our campsite. It was a little chilly at night but our site overlooked a lake and was beautiful. Also, our tin foil dinner and breakfast was delicious!

On our way home from camping we found yet another waterfall. We wanted to see where this one was coming from so we hiked up this mountain with no trail and it turns out it comes right through the middle of the mountain. Someone blasted through it and put a cement trough for the water to come through. We also saw a badger on our hike. As you can tell, Colorado has a lot to offer!

1 comments:

mrs z said...

Fred & I used to love hiking and we are trying hard to get back in shape. I've lost 20 pounds and Fred is working on getting back his great shape. He does have a beard now for my artist endeavors! How far is it from Richfield do you think?