And ones from our Crested Butte Trip

 

 

 

 

 

 

The colors are now brilliant!

 

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A few final photographs of our last days in Lake City

We took 2 more trips this week to see the colors before we left: Wednesday around the Alpine Loop , across the California Gulch and on the Corkscrew Trail to Ouray; Thursday we went up through the Ohio Pass to Crested Butte and Gothic.

Below are a few of our first day. We started early and we fortunate to see a family of goats on the way:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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September is an incredible month in the Lake City Area

What great weather we are having here: clear skies , cool mornings and warm days. Yellow aspens are starting to appear, with occasional snow on the peaks in the mornings. We have about 10 days left before heading home and we plan to soak up this scenery every day until then.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Great time with my brother and Cheryl

So my brother and Cheryl came to visit last wed.night, Aug 27 and they were greeted by cold! 35 in the morning, and it snowed on our jeep ride to Silverton. We warmed up at the Cannibal Grill that night, though.

 

 

 

Thank God it has warmed up since then.

 

 

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Fall is coming!

It is cold outside and we are spending more time nestling in the camper with a book. We even turned on the heat this am as it was 40degrees outside.

Don gets excited as it gets cooler and as he anticipates autumn photography. So for his birthday I got him a half day of mentoring with a local photographer, Allen Ivy. He loved the experience and somehow ended up buying one of Allen's almost new full frame cameras...which he promises will be his last one! :) but we all shall look forward to seeing some of his framed photos.

On the way to picking the camera up in Gunnison, we went to the Dillon Pinnacles and also saw elk on the way:

Today we are looking around at the aspens between work sessions and can see those signs of fall.

Gearing up for New England, friends!

 

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Hope I never forget the beautiful mt views

Today at 12,000 feet hike on the Cannibal Plateau we were able to see and relax by mountain views around Lake City...San Cristobal, red Cloud, mt Matterhorn and more...so incredible...and peaceful

 

 

 

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Various photos from last week..drives and a concert

So we saw lots of wildlife this week...from a buck bedding by our camper to a moose at a remote pond.

Hiked up a hill above our mountain pond which gave us great views of the town:

And yesterday drove down to Creede and enjoyed the peaceful and very remote ponds along the way

 

 

 

 

Asleep at the Wheel for a fun outdoor concert!

 

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