2007 - SEPT - ESTES PARK, CO |
Pictures taken by Roney,
Morgan, Biddle, Willis and Rausch are available on data-DVD. Please E-Mail Ted Roney to obtain a copy. |
Wonderful venue - expertly hosted by Art and Carol Biddle at the | |||
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The Gathering........ |
View of Long's Peak (14,255 ft) in Rocky Mountain National Park from front of the Aspen Lodge |
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We were treated to an homily by retired Methodist pastor Gary Prichard - text was the "Frodigal Fon!" | ||
Just inside Rocky Mountain National Park's Fall River entrance, we were thrilled to watch several herds of wild elk - at the beginning of their rut season. |
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Bull elk, bugling! Really strange sound! | ||
The elk wander into the town of Estes Park, enjoying the lush grass on the local golf course, and sometimes snarling traffic! |
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Many of us walked the Bear Lake Trail - meeting friends along the way! |
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Roneys, Davis', O'Neils @ Bear Lake |
Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel |
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Some of us took the "20 minutes up, 20 minutes back"
side trip trail to Alberta Falls! |
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Charles & Lynne Davis |
Ingrid & Len O'Neil |
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Nancy & Ted Roney |
Bonnie & Phil Shoemaker |
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Sprague Lake - where Ranger Shirley provided great information on the flora and fauna living in Rocky Mountain National Park. | ||
At a subsequent gathering, Gary Prichard and Dunbar Godbold demonstrated the appropriate steps for western style two-step! | |||
Up the packed gravel Fall River Road - built in 1929.- toward the Alpine Visitor Center |
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To the Alpine Visitor's
Center - in the Alpine Tundra above the tree line
(which is between 11,000 and 11,500 feet in RMNP). |
Carol & Tom Kruger | ||
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Our guide termed the trail from the Visitor's Center to the hill just NW of it as Heart Attack Hill - so the Roney's and Jim Rausch decided to test his hypothesis. No twinges yet! | |||
Back down to Estes Park via the Trail Ridge Road, via a stop at the Continental Divide and Rainbow Curve | |||
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No visit to Estes Park would be complete without a tour of the Stanley Hotel - built by FE Stanley - inventor of the Stanley Steamer automobile. |
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In the Billiard Room - bench for ladies to view the competition! How did Bob Farmer slip in there? | In the Gentlemen's Smoking Room - real wood in this room! | ||
Dinner at the Twin Owls Restaurant - oddly enough it's part of a resort that sits under a rock formation called "Twin Owls!" |
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Group picture taken at Sprague Lake by Ranger Shirley. Some missing..... |