Joan arrived on Monday. It was good to see her. We decided to see if we could catch the sheep down at Sheep Lakes. We packed lunches for a picnic and headed out. No sheep. So we headed down to Endo Valley for our picnoc. It actually did not rain on us thought it looked a little threatening at times. Then we headed up Old Fall River Road which had just opened the day before. We stopped at Chasm Falls which were really roaring. It started raining on us which made Schers a nervous wreck - Old Fall River road is a one way dirt road which goes up to the top and connects with Trail Ridge Road. Up at the top we went into the visitor center to shop. We saw a momma marmot and two little ones outside the window. They were great. The little ones were just playing and mom was just watching over them. When we came back down Trail Ridge Road we checked on the sheep again but no luck. Then we ate dinner at Poppy's. All in all a good day!
Tuesday we headed out to Indian Peaks Wilderness Area to take a hike to Mitchell and Blue Lakes. It was a 6 mile round trip with 800 feet elevation gain. It was a great hike BUT next time we hope to do it without the RAIN! It was really a beautiful spot - great streams and mountains and lakes. But we didn't get to stay up at Blue Lake for a picnic as we had hoped - it was raining pretty hard when we got up there so we just took our pictures and headed back down. I fell twice on this hike - what a clutz! Once I tripped over a log and then on the way down I slipped on a wet rock! Glad I was able to get up and keep going both times!! Always feels good to know I can get up when I fall down with no perminent damage! We got home from the hike - took hot showers - and met over at Scherry's house for a cookout. We grilled steaks and had baked potatoes. It was a great dinner - Breck was happy too - he even got a steak bone to munch!! All in all a wonderful day - in spite of the rain! In bed and asleep by 9!
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