Estes Park

Well, we made it to Estes Park yesterday. Kim is out fishing while I do some laundry, blog updating and reading. It's nice to just stop and enjoy a lazy day. It rained a little last night but just a drizzle to keep the dust down. These poor people in Wyoming and Colorado need rain so desperately. The fire danger is extremely high everywhere.

Our trip to Mt. Rushmore was very eventful. We had heard it may be crowded around the 4th but had no idea that the fireworks were on the 3rd. We shared the monument with about 40,000 other people. Honestly, we parked in Keystone and hiked 3 miles up the mountain to see it. I've been having a hard time with the altitude and getting dizzy at times. That wasn't fun when we reached the top. it just takes some time with my head down and ice on my neck. After about 10 minutes I'm fine but it sure was embarrassing at the time! The monument was worth the hike up the mountain though. We had the pleasure of sharing some of it with a very nice black gentleman from Georgia. It made it so poignant when we read about Lincoln freeing the slaves but then realized that Jefferson had made the importing of black men and women from Africa illegal. It took our country so many years to finally realize the horrible things we had been doing.

On to more pleasant things....we are planning one more night here and then on to Golden. I really want to see the Coors brewery. After that we're going to really start our driving southward. I'm really missing the kids! And of course my Curty!!!!!