Colorado May 2012 - Day 11

SUNSHINE!! Yesterday we finally had beautiful sunshine! However - to catch up let me go back to Sunday...We decided to hike to Alberta Falls - my favorite place in the park. Ed and I came here on our honeymoon and again on our 25th anniversary among other times. Always been a spot close to my heart. We hiked up in light rain and graupel but it was a nice hike anyhow. We were going to picnic at Sprague after the hike but decided that a picnic in Schers's motorhome would be better! Then yesterday - I woke up to SUNSHINE. Breck and I followed Schers down to Ft. Collins to take her car to the Jeep dealer. Then we stopped at Andevoy and Arietta's and Breck got to roam their backyard while we chatted. They have a beautiful yard - Arietta is a gardener and she has made the yard one Kathe would be proud of! Then after lunch at Chipolte - a new experience for Scherry - we came back to the RV and dropped Breck off and headed up and over Trail Ridge Road which had just opened for the season. It is a great drive BUT for mid-May there was so little snow. Does not bode well for the summer - everything is going to be too dry. But the drive was great. We stopped in Grand Lake and had an ice cream cone. When we got back I took Breckers to the dog park and he had a blast. There were lots of dogs - all of whom were in the water. Breck swam and swam and played and played. All in all for all of us it was a good day in the SUNSHINE. Today we are headed to Boulder to see Joan - should be good times. Here are some pics of Alberta Falls and views from Trail Ridge Road.