Rocky Mountain Missive

Today we decided to take a day trip from our base in Denver to the Rockies. Our original intent was to go to Rocky Mountain National Park, but the scenery on the way was so beautiful, we just drove to Estes Park, a small, (but very touristy) town on the edge of the park, and stopped there. I’m not sure what we could have seen in the park that we didn’t see on the way to Estes Park. (I did not take any photos of the Main street of Estes Park, because I think everyone has seen the collection of Ice-cream stores, coffee-shops and T-Shirt emporiums that make up a tourist town.)

Estes Park - not the Main Street

On the road to the park, we passed through Boulder, home of the University of Colorado. It is a medium sized city, not the cute college town I envisioned. I think I got spoiled by Dartmouth and Hanover NH for so many years.

Hazy Skyline

One thing that is very sad is that the air pollution in this area is so strong, that we could barely see the mountains well until we were up close. It reminded us of LA when we were growing up. But once we saw them, the mountains and valleys were breathtaking, and I’m afraid my photos don’t do them justice.

On the way back to Denver, we got in a good old-fashioned rush-hour traffic jam. It’s been years since we’ve experienced that, and one thing I did not miss in our 12 years in Woodstock.

One final thing-a big shout-out to our grandson Max and his 9-and-under Select League baseball team for winning their league championship! He is a Johnny Bench in the making.

Baseball Max