I Live Right THERE! 285/365

So we go to eat a burger at a Texas road house and where do we sit? Right under a topographical map of Colorado...hey I live Right There!

Mueller State Park or just another day in Paradise 196/365

Oy I went swimming last night and forgot about my ear problems. I woke up with water in my ear that won't come out. Jack suggested a ride in the mountains to try to pop my ears and dislodge the wet stuff. Good idea, too bad it didn't work. We did get to tour Mueller State Park a bit and of course Cripple Creek and Victor are always fun even if you don't gamble or pan for gold.

Rebecca Lane and Leslie Drive 187/365

You gotta love a town that names streets after ya, right Leslie?

Late Bloomers 29/365

Remember way back on Wednesday when we had snow? well guess what...it's been in the 60's and you'd be hard pressed to find snow anywhere except on the mountains or the north side of houses where the sun don't shine. I love Colorado LOL! These little flowers decided to bloom in a couple of my pots on the back patio and the hens and chicks still look good too.

My 365 picture is one of my all time favorites. It was taken at sunrise up at Flying Horse a couple of years ago. If you can't see me click on it to enlarge and focus right in the center...you'll see me!

Sunday in the Mountains

We went up to Woodland Park Sunday afternoon. That means I have been in the mountains more this year already than I got to go all last year. Although we found some good spots the weather doesn't look like it will cooperate so I promised Jack we'd go when I get back from Illinois.

We did get to go to the Rampart Reservoir, my absolute favorite place in the world to be! The tree Deanna and Brian carved their initials in got gnawed on by a beaver :| (see video below)

My favorite pic of the day was the butt-crack rock lol! So I'm easily amused...SUE ME!

After a break at Sonic we cruised to Deckers. The Hayman fire was sooooooooooo damaging. You really have to see the whole picture to appreciate the destruction. Here's a link to Wikipedia on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayman_Fire

Scouting for Campsites

We went up towards Cripple Creek looking at campsites yesterday. Some had too much snow and some were too public but we did see a couple of possibilities. I even had Jack stop so I could go ask some campers about their setup. We're going back to Woodland Park this afternoon to check out a couple of more.

PS The deer aren't like the ones back in Illinois. This young buck and his mother didn't even flinch when we drove by and were still grazing in the same spot when we came back. (Oh if only the ones I had hit had remained in the ditch!)