Wow! We couldn’t have asked for better weather up here this time of year! It was 28 degrees yesterday morning with frost covering fallen aspen leaves and the hardy little flowers that are still around.
Anna and I went on a hike up to the R’s hunting camp with Patty R. Bruce and Frank weren’t far behind with the two pack horses. We took the canyon way instead of the usual horse trail. The canyon trail goes up a ways and then disappears into the woods, meaning we had to find our way to the camp on our own. “Aspens on the right, evergreens on the left all the way to the logging trail.” Bruce said. We made it no problem, thanks to Patty, and had some time to just hang out and enjoy the beauty of God’s creation before the guys and horses arrived.
God sure knew what He was doing when He painted the world…There’s something about the orange, gold, yellow, and red contrasting against the blue of the Colorado sky with the early morning sunshine filtering in through the trees…it’s simply breath taking. *Happy Sigh* We could have stayed up there for days. :D Bruce tried to talk us into it, but realistically we decided it wouldn’t work. I mean, we didn’t even bring sleeping bags with us! What were we thinking?!?
Camp Kitchen
Anyways, we ate lunch at camp, chatted a bit, then packed the horses for the trip down again.
This is Shony. She’s part Belgian and I absolutely fell in love with her.
Andy is the other horse that you can’t see that well in the pictures.
We followed the horses down to the “aspen field” where Bruce sent us off to find the canyon trail again. It was the perfect way to go and we had great conversation all the way down. Hmmm…Maybe that’s why we didn’t see any elk. :D
Back in Georgetown, and feeling totally exhilarated, Anna and I changed into flip-flops, unpacked our back packs and biked back down to the Rutherfords to say farewell to Bruce and Patty since they left this morning. So sad…why is it so hard to say goodbye to people you love? I’m so thankful for all the time God has allowed us to spend with them though. They are truly awesome people.
Meanwhile, Sage, Tera and Alicia went over the mountain again to…well, I’ll let one of them fill you in on that. :D
~Sarah
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