Leadville Out, On To Rock Springs

We decided to take a road trip, yes I know, and headed to Vail yesterday to see what the rich and famous were up to. It’s been close to 40 years for me to visit, Joan’s first time, and wow has it changed. The highlight was the Betty Ford Alpine Garden and the wonderful display of flowers and foliage we were able to walk through. When I say we, I mean Mrs Green Thumb (Joanie)…I found a great spot in the shade, but I did hear it was pretty awesome.

We wrapped up our visit to Leadville yesterday by taking a great hike on the Turquoise Lake and watching people fly fish on the lake. Apparently we can’t get enough hikes in and at 10,000 feet it’s more like a workout.

This morning we left on our trip north to Wyoming, about a 5 1/2 hour drive to Rock Springs. We saw such beautiful wide open spaces and quite a bit of wildlife on the drive, and not many cars. Thank you Silver and Little Al for getting us here safely.

Only here one night before we head to the Grand Tetons, temperature almost homelike at 88 degrees with a Texas like wind of 25 mph. How do people live in this heat, we are so ready to get to the cooler weather we have become accustomed to?!