So Jen's off doing her Fellowship interviews, and I'm hanging out at the Mountain House near Rocky Mountain National Park with the dog-brains. Originally the plan called for me to accompany her, but the combination of the expense and my disinterest in that much plane travel have me here instead.Winter is on its way. The drive up was into a cold cloud bank, and although I got in one good day of hiking the next day looked ominous enough to keep me from going out. That's how I got the picture above. The rainbow was only visible for about 15-20 minutes, and if I hadn't been at the house I would not have seen it.
On the one good day of hiking I went from the Allenspark trailhead (literally less than 1/4 mile from the house) up to Finch, Pear, and Hutcheson lakes. If I'd read the book ahead of time, I'd have gone on to Cony lake, but I guess that'll have to wait for next time. Of course if the weather keeps up, next time might be next year.
Here are my favorite pictures from the hike - a mushroom cloud above the highest Hutcheson lake, and a crazy-looking tree above one of the lower Hutcheson lakes. Enjoy!
2 comments:
Was the tree talking to you or giving you a lift? Cause that looks like a tree from The Lord of the Rings...creepy.
Nope, no walking trees. Does tie in nicely with the thoughts on kili, though.
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