Hiking

These are pictures taken from a couple of hikes we have gone on this month. They were both up by Evergreen. Enjoy! We sure had a good time.

Everything is so green this summer. We have had so much rain and humidity and cool weather.

If you are tired, have a nice rest in the chair that nature made just for us!

And finally a nice quiet spot for our picnic!!

Happy 4th of July and a trip to the Zoo

Happy 4th to everyone in blogland. I bet you think I disappeared into the wild blue yonder! I really didn't think I was going to be away so long but everything took a lot longer than I thought it would. I have opened an antique booth so I've been busy pricing and sorting out boxes and boxes of goodies. More about all that later.

Before I got caught up in the booth my grandson took me to the zoo for our birthdays the end of May. Our birthdays are 4 days apart so we always do something special together. He took me to the zoo and I took him to dinner afterwards. It was a very special day for both of us.

We have a wonderful zoo here and I thought you would like a tour.
Mountain lions are so beautiful and graceful. She was very interested in something. Certainly not us taking her picture.

The zebras were strutting around looking beautiful.

There were lots of giraffes and a few babies but I may have lost the picture of the babies beside Mom so you could see the difference in height. The is actually one of the babies.

We loved watching the bears and they put on quite a show for us.

The beautiful white fox looks so pretty posing for her picture.

I'm not sure what was on the alligator's mind, I hope not dinner!

The otters kept us entertained for a long time. They put on quite a show posing for us.

The tiger was pacing back and forth but we finally got a decent picture of him. He was certainly a very nervous tiger that day.

This was taken inside the cat house so it was kind of dark and the eyes were really aglow.

Oh here's the baby giraffe. It just got out of order. Aren't they the cutest?

I don't remember the name of this weird looking little animal but it sure is unusual with his long snoot. He kept foraging in the grass looking for some treat or something.

The penguins put on quite a show too. They look so cute strutting around in their tuxedo's.

The elephants are so big aren't they?

He really wanted in that door. He kept banging his trunk against it.

The baby mountain goats were so cute. We watched them a long time.

The black bear kept walking in and out but we finally got a decent picture. We thought he was camera shy.

I can't imagine meeting one in the woods can you? My son was fishing a few years ago and he saw one. Of course he slowly left the area.

And of course we all love the monkeys.

OK folks that all!! I hope you enjoyed our day. I'll try to visit this weekend as time permits. We are going to the Arts Festival on Sunday and hiking on Monday. I'll of course take some beautiful pictures of the mountain hike. I'm leaving work at noon Friday and not going back until Tuesday. I'm so looking forward to a nice long weekend. I hope you enjoy yours.

The Grand Finale!!

Yesterday was the last Farmers Market. Now I have to start buying my produce from the grocery store again. And yes, I'm whining!! I stalked up on everything that would keep for awhile. I bought extra winter squash, onions, etc. I also put some roasted chili's in the freezer for Green Chili this winter. I usually do that earlier but for some reason I just didn't get around to it. I think I have enough to last though.

You have been very patient with me in posting the last leg of our drive. With not being able to connect to the Internet last week slowed me down. I did get a lot done around here though.

This is Long's Peak again. If you look closely you can see the clouds at the top. As we drove into Estes Park we saw Elk along the side of the road. Of course we had to stop and take pictures and watch them.
These two were locking horns and making lots of noise.


Doesn't he look proud standing there?

They kept going behind the trees so it was hard to take a picture. As angry as they seemed I sure wasn't going to get any closer.



I hope you enjoyed watching the Elk as much as we did. I wish you could all have been there with us.

Second Part of The Drive.

Before we start today I want to tell you about a new blogger Mamma Lalla. She lives in Africa so you can imagine the pictures you can see on her blog. I can't imagine looking out my window and seeing Zebra!! Can you? She is the Linen Cupboards Mother and I'm so glad she started her own blog.

Also that I'm sorry I've been absent the last few days. I've had computer problems but they seem to be fixed...hopefully for good. I couldn't connect to the Internet. Do you suppose my computer was trying to tell me something? I will try to catch up with you as soon as I can and see what you have been up to. In the meantime sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.

More of Longs Peak. It is so beautiful. If you'd like to learn more about Longs Peak click here.