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AUGUST, 2013C: COLORADO II

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH!
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  • We had quite variable weather, as you may be noticing from photo to photo: Even though these were taken fairly closely in time, you may notice blue sky in one, and then the next shows ominous storm clouds. Quite an amazing day, actually.
  • Look at the difference in the sky between the last photo and now, for instance.
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  • Cool formations on the "spine" of trail ridge, jutting up out of the tundra.
  • Bri and I at the top.
  • Then Bev and Bri switched places while I rested a bit on the top.
  • The marker tells how far it is to some other gems of our National Park System.
  • Looks like the storm clouds are picking up again.
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  • Lunch near the summit of Trail Ridge Road in the Alpine Visitor Center. What a nice treat! To top it off, while we were eating it snowed a bit. Not enough to "stick," and I was not able to get a photo of it, but it was quite nice to sit and look out at the snow coming down.
  • The shop / snack bar is the building down below (Alpine Visitor Center). We headed up this little walk to an observation area. The highest point of the highway is 12,183 feet. The Alpine Visitor Center is not at the highest point, but must be close to 11,800 feet. Then this walk takes us up to (according to what I get when I mark it on Google Earth) 11,925 feet. Not nearly as much oxygen up there as down here on Saipan!
  • From the little observation area we walked to. See the little dusting of fresh snow on the top of the far slope? Totally cool!
  • We spent a bit of time relaxing up there (felt like we had really accomplished something to get there, so we HAD to relax and enjoy it). Notice again the cloud change compared with the last photo (we are looking at the same ridge)!
  • OK. Time to head back down to the Alpine Visitor Center and hit the road toward Washington. Next stop will be at Jackson Hole, Wyoming. See you there!
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