So, it’s labor day weekend. Not sure if anyone else remembers that it’s the weekend when everyone and their mothers go out to enjoy the outdoors. We had a “nice” reminder on our way out to Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), it was reminiscent of Yellowstone. So. Many. People. And about half of them don’t know how to deal with a road.
For example, there was a herd of elk hanging out near the road. Now, it makes sense that people would be interested, but about 20 people were risking life and limb, walking on the edge of the road where there’s maybe a foot from where they’re standing to where cars are supposed to be. To avoid further ranting, the punchline is that I don’t like most people (I’m going to make an effort to not turn this blog into a series of misanthropic rants).
Anyway, RMNP is beautiful, the weather was just right with some clouds that made the lighting change every now and then.
While it would have been nice to do some hiking, we got such a late start in the morning that we had to truck on through, only stopping at the visitor station before entering the park and at one pullout that was miraculously empty. Plus, with all the people, parking was insane at most places, particularly on the eastern side.
When we passed through Granby, CO and the surrounding area, we tentatively decided that she should retire somewhere around there or Grand Lake, CO. It’s so beautiful with the lake and a glorious backdrop of the Rockies (we didn’t grab a picture, but I’m sure there’s some nice pictures someone else took somewhere on the Internet). Plus, it’s not in the middle of a forest, so wildfires are slightly less of a concern.
We also found out that a) Sotheby has a realty division in Steamboat Springs, and b) Steamboat Springs is very pretty.
We’re still figuring out this whole blogging thing, unfortunately it was a fairly uneventful day, but hopefully we’ll be able to write interesting things even on days such as today. If you have any tips, leave us a comment below!
P.S. Sorry for any weird formatting, we had to post via phone.