Another flower in Elk Meadow

As always, Roger hiking barefoot

Flowers alongside the trail. I still need to look these up to see what they were.

5/22 - This is Elk Meadow, with a number of trails for hikers and mountain bikes (LOTS of people biking). We ended up hiking much further than we intended when we tried to take a short-cut on a service road, which would have worked except the way back to the trails were closed off for meadow restoration. We ended up hiking several extra miles, but it was a nice day. Here you can see clouds building off in the distance.

CO 81 south of Evergreeen

5/22 - Bear Mountain drive- Denver is off to the east in the plains

This rather unimpressive topographical view is Elk Meadow Park, where we hiked that Sunday afternoon. This was mostly a level hike to acclimatize ourselves (me) to the higher altitude. The level part of the meadow area is at about 7700 ft elevation.

A woodfired pizza oven

Patio overlooking Bear Creek

Here is an exterior view of the cottage in Evergreen, CO. The small building to the right is a reading room. Further to the right is the other cottage as well as a little sauna.

Massive wood and iron gate entry.

5/22 - Pergola and patio area overlooking Bear Creek

5/22 - This is the view from the back porch. The stepping stones lead to the hot tub. The patio overlooking Bear Creek is to the right.

5/22 - Here is the living room with another gas stove. I did not get a picture of the ktichen area, but it was a U shaped area adjacent to this area

5/22 - Stuff in the bathroom ledge including a large moose

The bath was on the main level past the kitchen, with a tub in the middle and a gas stove for heat. There is a cedar closet to the right of the stove.

(5/22) Here is the loft bedroom with a small spiral staircase.

(5/21) Here is a topographical view (more Google Earth) of the drive between Evergreen, CO and the cabin we stayed at. As you can see, it was in a nice little valley. The road followed Bear Creek through the valley.

5/21 - Everegreen Parkway

(5/21) Clouds ahead

(5/21) Here is a view from the car as we head out of Denver and into the hills...I took a couple of photos using my ipod before I grabbed my camera out of mybackpack

Roger and I started off our road trip by flying into Denver, CO on 5/21/2011. We reserved a "small SUV" similar to a Ford Escape or Toyota RAV 4. Unfortunately, the rental agency did not have any small SUVs, only full sized ones. We ended up with a Chevrolet Traverse AWD. After a quick stop at Bass Pro Shop/ Outdoor World to shop (better selection than the one in Duluth), we made our way to Evergreen CO.