Rocky Mountain High

We took off Saturday morning to do a little sightseeing. It was a warm 63 degrees and this was the view as we headed into the mountains.

It seemed that everytime we turned a corner it was more spectacular then the last view. We saw so many log cabins nestled into little nooks and valleys, and way up on the peaks too.

Before long it was snowing, not just on the peaks but swirling around us on the roads too. We got up to almost 12,000' altitude so we were in the clouds and the temp dropped to 33 degrees. the sun was still shining and it just lit up some of those peaks.

When we thought we had reached the top of the pass, I expected to see lots of peaks and instead there were just wide open meadows. In one we saw a herd of antlelope.

So glad we took the time to take another 5 hour ride after sitting for the past 6 days. The scenery was beautiful. At one point I said to Doug the mountains are so "rocky". Well I guess that's why they are called the Rocky Mountains.