Colorado - Sept. 2011 - All good things...

Within the first year of being unemployed (by choice), Miki and I have been to both coasts twice, Michigan, Canada, and now Colorado.  Each trip had a purpose, but Colorado was the first real time we had no agenda, no real purpose, and was very freeing.  We hiked, biked, fished, and relaxed.  The dogs got their chance to rise to the challenge of high country chipmunks and expand their encyclopedic sense of smell.  


Today we hit the farmer's market one more time this morning followed by our last hike.  The weather cleared enough to take the dogs for one more up hill walk.  The Meadow Creek trail starts right on the edge of Frisco, along I-70 and heads toward the Gore mountain range.  In retrospect I went to a different trailhead, but all goals were still accomplished.  got the dogs out, fished, and hiked our butts off, all without getting rained on (well not too much...got sprinkled on).

We head up the trail, and up, and up, and more up...
I guess you do that in the mountains though.  Why am
I surprised we begin each hike this way?

I am relishing the sun at this moment of rest, it was more
cloudy than sunny...and even more, I am sucking oxygen!

Job well done, proud puppies.

Some old beaver ponds were my target for some
afternoon fishing.

We eat lunch in a meadow beneath
towering peaks...the boys enjoyed a
strip rawhide.

My first cutthroat on my line.  These beaver ponds were
full of these guys waiting for each fly I tossed their way.

Our descending trail overlooking Frisco and Lake Dillon.

Plenty of signs that fall has arrived in the mountains.

Back to the doghouse once more to see another
rainbow (not the fish this time).

As we prepare to leave this area, we know we'll be back, because there is so much more to do...both in winter and summer.  So Frisco...til we meet again...it's been a good thing.


My Zen from the road:  Like the old saying goes, "All good things must come to an end." Unless we modify it to say,  "All good things should be repeated!"  It's a good thing.


Cribbage Win Count:    Miki - 2    Wallie - 4