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| Columbine - Colorado state flower |
Ahhh the wonderment of mountain peaks in summer. We took good friends Kim and Steve out to one our favorite jeeping haunts: American Basin. You may recall we went there a few weeks ago with other dear friends Leanne and Steve W. It was quite beautiful, but the difference between then and now was staggering. Prime wildflower season there.
Fly fishing for three, painting for me. It was so beautiful and serene and then the flies attacked. My spray did not help and finally had to race back to the safety of the car. Fish were caught and a not bad sketch from me in spite of the pesky nuisance.
As a reminder, our14'er climbing experience-Handie's Peak was here, which is out of sight to the left of the distant peaks. It's been 10 years since we did it but it remains an amazing memory. I think Kim and Steve may have been inspired to do it. Hey, it's one of the easiest 14'ers. Ok, not easy for us, but we made it!
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| Happy group and no that's not a necklace around Mark's neck - rather a fly fishing lanyard |
Picnic lunch amongst the beauty. We watched people coming down from having summited Handie's. They all seemed in good shape except one guy who promptly took off shoes and socks and plopped feet in the stream. Survivable I think. And no flies here, hallelujah...
Extra special treat seeing both a bear and a moose. The bear ran away even though it was quite a distance away and the moose could not have cared less about us. Great trip!
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