After having said good-bye to Keystone in May, Lothar and I spent a vacation week in Grand lake Colorado, at the southern entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park the end of August. We missed the gentrification of Summit County (especially the hot tub!) but got to see more wildlife in 5 days than in 5 years at Keystone!
These marmots were sunning at 7:30 am - a good idea considering the brisk temperature of 46 degrees! A few steps up the trail we walked right past 2 Pronghorn rams - the first I'd ever seen! The most exciting event was the bugling of the elk, however. Mating season was just starting and (for a brief, somewhat scary time) we shared a clearing we an elk who was sounding off to another elk somewhere across the valley. Sounded a bit like the pig calling at the Iowa State Fair...
We did a lot of hiking. Here's the view looking back along the Continental Divide.
And here's the view of what was yet to come:
with some mighty slides along the way -
It was a lot of fun! We came back feeling much more relaxed, content and FIT!
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