A View of Which We Never Tire

Lake Tahoe is one of our two favorite places for beautiful scenery. (The other is Glacier National Park.) We have made several day trips over the years, but this is the first (but hopefully not the last) time we have camped here. We really liked Fallen Leaf Campground, located a walking distance from Lake Tahoe.

Fallen Leaf Lake, a short distance from our campsite, was serene and seemed like the perfect place to sit and ponder. However, with gale force winds we didn’t linger there for very long.

The Wanderer was quite content tucked among the pines while we explored the area.

Wednesday the winds continued to be very strong so we elected to walk on the path and trail from the campground along south shore of Lake Tahoe.

Thursday was a much better weather day with sunshine, temps in the 60s and a decrease in wind. We drove to the north end of LakeTahoe and hiked the Tahoe Rim Trail

to Picnic Rock for a magnificent view of Lake Tahoe.

For us, this is just an enticement. So many trails and bike paths to explore, we hope to return and stay a little longer.

But now we must wander on down to Placerville and check in with our wine maker, musician friend, Bill.

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View from the windshield

as we traveled I-70 West through Colorado,

and Utah.

In Salina, Utah 

we picked up US 50 and the view changed

as we went into Nevada.

These are just a few of the 100s of photos ABN took as we drove these past three days.

Can’t resist sharing at least one video.

What we anticipated to be a boring drive turned out to be quite amazing in some places.

California, uncork the wine, we have arrived!

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Indescribable Beauty

The Rocky Mountains cannot be described with words or photos; they must be experienced. (But we will give it a try.)

Our first two nights in Moraine Park Campground in Rocky Mountain National Park we had a spectacular view of Long’s Peak.

The park was very busy and the campgrounds were pretty much full when made our reservations, so we were not able to get four consecutive nights in one campground. The last two nights we were at Glacier Basin Campground, another nice campground but our view was not as impressive.

Not quite acclimated or conditioned, we chose Bear Lake and Alberta Falls for our first hike; a total of about 2 ½ easy miles.

Our second day of hiking led us to the Sprague Lake/Glacier Creek Loop, another easy trail due to ABN’s allergy ambush (and the altitude induced tachycardia.)

Sprague  Lake

One day we drove Fall River Road ,

stopping at Chasm Falls

to Trail Ridge Road.

The weather was quite cooperative. We woke with temps between 35° - 40°, quickly rising to the mid-60s; perfect for hiking. Usually in the afternoon we would have a brief rain shower. One day it was a hail storm.

We had a wonderful visit with a couple of our grandparent counterparts, Dave and Loretta. They joined us for Tipsy Tuesday

and invited us to join their Green Flag Friday;

very similar to Tipsy Tuesday except they gather on the first Friday of every month, rotating hosts. Unfortunately ABN’s allergy symptoms were full blown and she had to decline. Captain accepted the invitation and had a very enjoyable evening with interesting folks.

Today as we wandered across western Colorado we were awed with the beauty. The aspens were brilliant.

Windshield View

The next two days will be pretty boring as we crosss the high desert toward California. Past experiences tell us we will have intermittent cell service. When we have a chance, we will check for messages.

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