Saturday morning we drove into the mountains looking for a place to call "Camp Grandparents." We had some ideas where to go but weren't exactly sure. However, the location had to meet certain requirements. It had to be: 1. Somewhat remote, 2. Close enough to Denver to be reasonably accessible, 3. Really nice views, 4. Not too many bears, and 5. A good place for Grand kids to play and goof off. Good fishing wouldn't hurt either. Hmmm... let's try this road... the leaves are changing...
There! That's it. The lake in the distance. Let's try that place and spend the night. We'll see just how good it is.
Of course we had other motives for making this trip. The aspens are changing color! We wanted to see lots of good color and beautiful scenery. We were slightly early, but we definitely found the leaves changing.
We found a nice camping site too, right on the lake. That's Nancy in the chair down by the lake. No bears, but during the night we heard some raccoons around the camp making a nuisance of themselves and waking us up.
In the morning the lake was smooth as glass and all was quiet. We enjoyed several cups of coffee, a fire, a nice breakfast with eggs, sausage, muffins, etc. and watched the ducks swim across the lake to come visit us. Maybe they wanted to talk to me?
We rode our bikes all around the area and then hiked up this little canyon with a creek that fed the lake. A small trail led us just a quarter mile from our campsite. It was absolutely beautiful - full of color and life. There were changing leaves, a quiet brook tumbling over the rocks, a small waterfall, ferns, aspen, pine, fir, and spruce trees sheltering the hot September sun. I think we found Camp Grandparents.
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