Cold again

After a nice break with temperatures hovering near 50 and sunny, last night we had this horrendous windstorm although not nearly so bad as other areas and today it was sunny and cold , I'm not sure it ever got over 35. I did get out in it , it wasn't too bad, and it wasn't as cold as this place in the photo. These are the Never Summer mountains (or ex volanoes) as viewed from the Trail Ridge road in the Rocky Mt National Park. Although it wasn't this cold, this picture is kind of my mood for the day. I may be heading out on my NM adventure tomorrow so won't be able to post for a couple of weeks since I don't have a handy dandy wi fi laptop. My staples come out tomorrow, I hope my skin doesn't split open and peel like a grape

Blech

Almost Forgot

I did mention the view from Old Falls Branch Road in the RMSP being spectacular. I don't want to be called a tease so here is one of the overlooks probably around 10,000 feet. The smoke in the valley is from a controlled burn that was being done the day I whizzed through the park.

Rocky was great

Rocky was GREAT!! Yes, the movie too but I was in 9th grade when I saw it. Rocky Mountain National Park is referred to as Rocky (well according to one of some dozens of brochures I paged through later after I got to WY. This photo is of the Never Summer Mountain Range as viewed from the Trail Ridge Road which is the highest through road in the US. I also took that Mustang up the Old Fall River Road which is incredibly steep grades of 11 and 12%, and a combo of gravel and dirt with switchbacks that almost made me want to back down the way I came. The view from OFRR was spectacular and well worth the heart palpitations.

Estes Park

So if you live here in Estes Park? Where would you go for pretty scenery?