Today, I didn’t do ANY training. I had intended to get up and go swim again, but the pool was SO warm on Monday and my breathing so shallow, I just couldn’t force myself to do it. So, I just relaxed and hung out with the dogs until everyone got up.
In the mid-morning, Lisa and I followed Steve and Laura and the twins (in our cars) up to the top of a mountain (I forget which one). The mountain has two roads up to the top. The one we took was a dirt road with lots of switchbacks. I’m a bit surprised that the minivan made it! (Not really!). But, anyway, we were more than 11,000 feet above sea level at the top. Lisa has a lot of good video coverage of the trip up there, and I know we have some photos, but I’m not sure where they are. If I find them, I’ll add them later.
Anyway, at the top, it began to rain really hard, so we decided to leave pretty quickly. The road down was called "Trail Ridge Road." It’s paved and is very windy. On a good day, I bet it would be a LOT of fun to go down that road on a bicycle! By about noon, we were all the way down the mountain.
At that point, Steve and Laura took the twins for a picnic, while Lisa and I drove out to Charles Eagle Plume’s to look at Indian jewelry. One of our pastors had suggested we go out there to look at less expensive jewelry than what you’d find in Estes Park. It turns out that Eagle Plume’s is on Highway 7, past the Longs Peak trailhead. Steve and I had passed it on Tuesday’s ride, but I didn’t notice it. Anyway, we had no trouble finding it, but we were a bit disappointed by it.
The jewelry was beautiful, and they had an upstairs gallery with a lot of one-of-a-kind Eagle Plume memorabilia (not for sale) that really brought out the history buff in me. But, the prices were pretty darn high for the items for sale. I guess things have changed a bit! The best part of Eagle Plume’s for me was the big hummingbird feeder out front. We got some nifty photographs of hummingbirds hovering at the spouts. If I can locate them, I’ll post a few later.
By mid-afternoon, we were tired, so we went back to the cabin and hung out with Steve, Laura, the twins, and Matt (who had a bad cold and didn’t go on the Longs Peak hike with Shauna). We just sat around and talked. Lisa and I started to do a jigsaw puzzle, but it became clear pretty quickly that we wouldn’t be able to finish it (1000 pieces) before leaving the next day, so we snapped a photo of how far we’d gotten, and then put it away.
Dinner was left overs. We had lots of salmon, chicken (grilled and parmagiana), and even some of Laura’s lasagna left from previous dinners. After dinner and relaxation, it was bed time again to prepare for the long journey back to Leander.
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Did you go in the Visitor's Center up on Trail Ridge Road? It tells the story of building the road back in the "olden days." Really a remarkable feat, given the technology of the time. I love doing these westward-ho things (like the drive to NW Montana) -- it just boggles my mind that people were so brave and foresighted, with such huge obstacles to conquer. Wyoming always gets me -- it's so vast and bald! Then doing the Rocky Mountains....sure wasn't a trip for sissies!
What a bummer for Matt. But I guess if a person is going to have a summer cold, it's better to suffer in the Rockies than in Dallas.
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