What a beautiful day we have had. We drove up Trail Ridge Road all the way to Grand Lake, turned around and drove back out. It was raining most of the way up. We drove through the clouds today. At times you couldn’t see off the side of the road but on the other side of the road you could see for miles. It made for some interesting light patterns on the mountains which I loved.
We stopped at a trailhead on the other side of Trail Ridge and hiked for two miles. It had stopped raining for a bit and we needed to stretch our legs. The forest we walked through smelled so good due to the freshness of the rain.
We saw two huge buck elk on the way up the mountains. We saw a moose in the far distance when we got close to Grand Lake. Saw a small female herd of elk also close to Grand Lake.
I woke up this morning with symptoms on a UTI. I have drank 96 oz of water so far and think I have flushed it out. I will drink at least 32 more ounces before bed and if I wake up during the night will drink then too. Sometimes I can drink them away. Fingers crossed that is what can happen this time.
Last evening we hiked to Moraine Park. We drove the car to the trailhead so we could hike further on the trail. It was a delightful walk until the mosquitoes decided to eat me for dinner. They didn’t seem to bother Jim. What’s up with that?
I have chicken baking in the oven. I am hungry so hoping it cooks fast. We have some left over scalloped potatoes that need eaten to go with the chicken tonight. We only have two more full days here to eat up the last of the food we have. Thinking I will be hauling more home than I wanted to. At least we have a cooler to take it home in.
It is a beautiful evening tonight. The clouds have moved on out and the skies are bright blue. The air is so fresh from the cleansing rain we got during the day.
We stopped and got a few more bundles of firewood to get us through our last three evenings. We have really enjoyed the fireplace and the smell and sound of the burning logs. I have a gas fireplace at home and it just isn’t the same as burning wood. Gas is easier and cleaner though.
Not sure what our plans are for tomorrow. It is to rain again during the day. Hoping we can get out and take a long hike somewhere on campus. We are planning on taking another hike tonight after dinner if the chicken gets done relatively soon. Tuesday we will have to start gathering our stuff and packing the car so we can head out Wednesday morning. It will be good to get home.
Grateful for driving through the clouds today, high up in the mountains, grateful for the bright blue skies this evening, and grateful we still have two more full days to enjoy the fresh mountain air.