Colorado

We have entered a State that we have never seen before.  As we were coming into Colorado from the north the landscape opened up to pastures, corn fields, sugar beet fields and no mountains unless you looked far to the west and viewed the Rockies.  The weather warmed up and the sun was shining.  Clark navigated us to an rv park on the Thompson River just outside of Loveland, CO.

beautiful fall foliage

Thompson River

parked beneath the trees



our home away from home!

October 15th dawned sunny and clear.  We talked to some people from Nebraska and they told us about a town, Estes Park,  north of Loveland, that was very picturesque so this morning we went for a drive.  The drive was winding but worth it.

We ate lunch in Estes Park at Claire's Restaurant which was very good.  Took a tour of the town and came across several young elk resting and browsing by the side of the road. 

Our waitress told us of a famous hotel which allowed visitors for free so we ventured over to have a look.

A few movie makers have used the Stanley Hotel but the most famous is Stephen King's "The Shining" which he wrote while staying at the Stanley.

* if you click on one picture it will let you view them all - try it!


Coming back down from 7300 feet at Estes Park, to 5300 feet at our campsite we took some pictures of the Thompson River and the scenery along it.  The river attracts a lot of fly fisherman and we saw quite a few.