The Cheap Decadence Of Nature
Rock Outcroppings, Mount Margaret Trail, Red Feathers Lakes
Rock Outcroppings, Mount Margaret Trail, Red Feathers Lakes
Changing Aspens, Mount Margaret Trail, Red Feathers Lakes
Stormy Clouds, Mount Margaret Trail, Red Feathers Lakes
Stormy Clouds, Mount Margaret Trail, Red Feathers Lakes
I had to take advantage of one of the last warm (really) weekends of the year and head up to the high country for some hiking and sitting around the campfire again.
But first on Friday after work I went and grabbed a bite at El Noa Noa for a big ole Super Burrito. The fair was mediocre the atmosphere was top notch, (a trend among Mexican restaurants in Denver is that atmosphere in inversely correlated to how good the food actually is) particularly the patio. Afterward I watched Splendor, which was terrible and predictable. I fell asleep about half way.
On Saturday, after sleeping in and doing a couple of chores, I headed up to the Red Feather Lakes region to meet my brother and Pandy and do some camping (specifically at the Belleaire Lake Campground). After arriving I cracked open a beer and we all walked down to Bellaire Lake to do some fishing. It sucked because the fish were jumping all over the place. You could literally see them jumping into the air grabbing flies. There were constant ripples in the lake. The guy next to us caught 7 or 8 fish. The guy next to him caught 6 or seven. The guy next to him caught several more. My brother and I didn’t catch shit. Ooops, I take that back. My brother caught a crawdad on one of his worms. After a discouraging day of fishing we all went back and cooked up some dinner and sat around the camp fire and told stories.
On Sunday after waking up, fixing breakfast and tearing down camp we all headed out to the Mt. Margaret Trail system to hike around and rock climb (boulder). The hike was really easy but had several large, unique, rocky outcroppings, which made for great scrambling and bouldering. Fortunately, we barely beat a storm out. After the hike we had a late lunch at the Ever Open Café in Ft Collins. After heading home, napping and washing up we met my Dad and his wife out for some dinner.
Lichen Detail, Mount Margaret Trail, Red Feathers Lakes
Lichen Detail, Mount Margaret Trail, Red Feathers Lakesess
1 h Says:
GORGEOUS pictures! Well, you know how I feel about that part of the country… love the Aspens. I miss that! sounds like a grand time.
2 gijyun Says:
wait…red feathers like in troop beverly hills?
and did you all discuss the perfect ingredients for the world’s best g.o.r.p.?
3 hubs Says:
h - thanks, sorry to make you miss CO more.
gideon - never seen troop beverly hills. no, we didn’t discuss gorp because we were too busy eating hotlinks dubbed “hot nuclear penis bomths”. i always thought gorp was just good old raisins & peanuts, any other ingrediants and it becomes trail mix. now go look for arrowheads you silly girl.
4 isabella Says:
Oi. Colorado is pretty.