Back in our "Happy Place" in Colorado

 It's so fantastic to get up in the morning and have our canyon views out the windows. That, and the cooler temps, lol. 😊 Things here @Glen Echo RV Resort are very normal. We're catching up with our neighbors and working on our yard and little gardens.

A shot of Glen Echo, with the store, restaurant and pub fronts.
The cabins, duplexes and RV/tent sites are all back behind it by
the river. It's a very nice property with a lot of handy amenities.

Spring "pop-out" lags behind up here at 7200' which is great because I get to enjoy the blooming of the apple trees, and my personal favorite, the lilacs! It doesn't last too long, but I'm so glad to catch it.

After the fruit set and matured last year
the bears raided it and cleaned it out.

Gorgeous, huge lilac bushes & they smell so good!

When we're not out walking or working outside, we're getting back into the auto-touring picnic lunch mode. So simple to make up a couple of sandwiches and grab the chips & drinks and hit the road. Right out of the gates of the park is the turn north for N CO Rd 69 which heads up towards Red Feather Lakes. There is a small corral at the corner with horses housed there occasionally. I love seeing them.

3 horses and 3 donkeys in there all together.

So, on this day we decided to head west out Hwy 14 to check out the Continental Divide and see how much snow was left up there. We stopped at the Tunnel Picnic Site first to get up close and personal with the river. It is in full spate right now, at least that's how it seems. A shot and a short video taken there.

River's really rushing.

Wow, that will almost give you a touch of vertigo watching the river gush by so fast! So further up the road we could see that there was still ice along the edges of the Joe Wright Reservoir (elev. 10150ft) which is a big fishing hotspot for grayling primarily. It's really pretty up there, but a bit of a steep path down to the water. (My knees objected to the attempt.)

Joe Wright Reservoir

The snowy peaks were starting to show as we headed up to Cameron Pass @ the Continental Divide.

Shortly after that, we headed back east, found a picnic spot and ate our lunch. It was all down hill from there, lol. Back at Rocky, we did a re-heat on a wonderful chicken, grape tomatoes, black olives & asparagus "rosa" alfredo with garlic toast. So good and so easy.

Sorry I don't have a shot of it "plated". Used some of
my Priano Rosso Pesto to enhance the homemade alfredo sauce.

So, once again, thanks for dropping by and check back in a couple of weeks for the next installment, and be sure to leave a comment. How's your summer so far? 😎