Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Again since Dusty can't do any hiking we planned a loop drive from Buena Vista to Fairplay to Breckenridge to Frisco to Silverthorne to Copper Mountain to Leadville and back to Buena Vista. It was such a beautiful day that we took the T-top off the Jeep.
This neat old building was sitting by itself in the middle of a large block as we drove thru Fairplay. There weren't any signs that we saw that told us what it was. Like the building anyway!
Before we got to Breckenridge we crossed the Continental Divide at Hoosier Pass. As you can see we are at 11,539'.
Our view as we are coming down the other side of the continental divide.
Shortly before we reached Breckenridge we saw this pretty little lake called Goose Pasture Tarn. It looks so serene here in the high mountains.
Above and below are as we are coming into Breckenridge. You can see the many ski trails. The gondolas were running to the top but the line was much too long.
As we were leaving Frisco headed to Silverthorne we saw this huge lake named Lake Dillon. The next 4 pictures are of the lake from a scenic viewpoint.
More gorgeous mountain views from I-70 as we exit South of Copper Mountain on CO-91.
Above is the Clinton Gulch Dam Reservoir. We stopped here to have our picnic lunch.
This is the dam and the mountains looking the opposite direction from above.
There was even a nice flat boulder I could sit on and prop my leg up. WOW what a blessing to be able to enjoy lunch here.
Below is the same reservoir from the other side from our lunch spot.
As we are headed to Leadville, we can see lots of mining still going on. Look how the countryside has been affected. Sort of sad.
Above and below you can see snow still on top of many of the mountains. However, we've been told the snow would normally be at least 4 times this. The snowfall this last winter in this area was extremely smaller than usual.
We stopped along the Arkansas River in the Numbers area and got this picture. The Arkansas River is gorgeous here!
We feel so blessed to be able to see so much of God's glorious wonders!
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