Our neighborhood on the Poudre River

 It's great to be back here at Glen Echo in Rustic, CO. After coming out for the summer for the past 7 years these people are like family. The river looks great, although with very little snow over the winter it is running lower than in past years. The reservoir up near Cameron Pass (continental divide) provides enough flow for the local agricultural needs and for river rafting, a big tourism draw. Here's a couple of shots of the river where we are @7200'.

The Cache la Poudre River

Here's a shot of the side-shoot branch that passes around the island,  smaller volume but still pretty. The island is used for tent camping.

Looking back west towards the main river.
The bridge is used for foot traffic over to
the campsites on the island.

I have mentioned in the past just how well things grow out here, so I always plant some flowers in my corner garden and in pots to brighten things up. Here's what I've got going so far.

The pink dianthus on either side winter over and give me some
early growth. I just clean out the weeds and fill in with annuals.

This is a little side garden along the fence line, one
in the ground and the rest in pots.

This is right at the driveway leading into our site, and
makes for pleasant viewing for passersby (with their dogs, lol.)

Here is a collage of some of the pretty flowers around the park. It's a joy to walk the "neighborhood" and admire people's efforts.

Our new next door neighbor put out some bird feeders and we've been seeing various bird species that I've never seen before. Of course, getting shots of them is difficult, but so far we've seen Baltimore Orioles, Eastern Bluebirds, red-headed house finches to name a few. Plus the "hummers" of course. Very cool! There haven't been any bear spotted around, so we'll keep our fingers crossed.

Well, other than doing a small amount of socializing and making some dazzlers, that's about it so far. Thanks for stopping by!