Mountain Meandering

Hello my friends...I hope you're having a fabulous day!

My...ohhh my...I bet ya'll thought that I got lost!  It has been awhile since I last posted.

  I haven't been a very good blogger lately...I do apologize.

There has been alot going on at my place.  Of course, as you well know, the summers

 are always a busy time...between dental work and summer vacation,

 my blogging has suffered.

I sure do appreciate all of the sweet notes that you have left me.  I have read each and

 every one!  I have been to Blogland several times to check out what ya'll have been doing...

just haven't left many notes.  Thank you sooo much for coming by and checking up on me!

~Mountain Meandering~

My honey has four weeks of vacation time during the summer months.

  We just got home from spending a week in the mountains.  It has been soooo

 hot here in Colorful Colorado.  I have lost count of the days where our temps got

 up to 100 or better.  We decided to head for the hills where it is much cooler...hehe!

  We usually go up to the Colorado Rockies, however the wild fires thwarted those plans.

  It's just terrible...so many mountain forests have burned...not to mention the many

 people who have lost their homes.  My heart and prayers go out to all of them!

  I'm so very thankful for all the brave firefighters who have and are working

 so hard to save our mountain forests!!!

Because of the Colorado fires, we decided to go up to the Wyoming mountains.

  We had such a great time and the mountain views were breathtaking!  I thought I would

 share a few of my photos with you.  I hope that you enjoy!

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Medicine Bow National Forest...Wyoming.  June 2012.

Medicine Bow National Forest is just west of Laramie, Wyoming.

  The mountain views were spectacular!

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I told my honey that I wanted to go to where the snow was.

So we headed up to the Snowy Range.  There were still patches of

 snow on the ground. The snow never melts up here!  Yeeeehawww!

  Such a sweet relief from the dry, hot temps down at our place!!!

The Snowy Range is about 12,000 ft. above sea level.  Whew...

the air is much thinner up there.  At this elevation, you won't see many

 trees....they have a difficult time growing.

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The Snowy Range...Medicine Bow Mountains...Wyoming.

Sooo very picturesque!  There were little alpine lakes everywhere...and look...there is snow!

  Snow in June...awesome!!!

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Closer view of the lake.

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Beautiful alpine tundra and wildflowers...and more snow!

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(Okay...okay...enough about the snow...hehe!)

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Another alpine lake at the Snowy Range.

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Steamboat Springs, Colorado

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After we spent a few days meandering around the mountains in Wyoming,

 we headed south into Colorado.  We ate lunch in Steamboat Springs.  Steamboat is a

 beautiful ski resort town.  Honey and I ate lunch at a quaint little cafe in old town

 Steamboat.  We dined "al fresco".  Mmmm...a great meal outside in the

fresh mountain air...doesn't get any better!!!

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Rocky Mountains, Colorado. June 2012.

After leaving Steamboat Springs, we headed south to Grand Lake to Trail Ridge road.

  Again, the mountain scenery was pretty as a postcard!

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~Trail Ridge Scenic Byway~

Trail Ridge road traverses from Grand Lake down to Estes Park.  This is truly one

 of the prettiest mountain drives that you can take.  The road travels and meanders over

 the Continental Divide and reaches an elevation of 12,183 ft. at it's highest point.

  Ohhh...there is sooo much to see!

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If you would like to read more info. about the Trail Ridge Scenic Byway...just click HERE.

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We even seen a few elk on our way.

  (sorry the photo is blurred...it was taken while driving.)

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My handsome honey!

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~Trail Ridge Alpine Visitor Center~

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Of course, one cannot travel Trail Ridge without stopping at the Alpine Visitor Center!

  There is a wonderful restaurant and gift shop...not to mention...the magnificent mountain top views!

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Did you notice all the snow behind my honey?

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(Ohhhh yea...I wasn't going to mention all that...gloriously...ice cold....snow again! Hehe!)

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I took this photo from the Alpine Visitor center.

  A rainstorm was making it's debut down in the mountain valley.

  The lighting was beautiful!

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I realize that Happy To Design is an interior design blog, however I just

 couldn't help but to share a few photos of our awesome "mountain meanderings"

 with you.  Hopefully the snow cooled you down a bit.  Hehe!  I really have done a

 few things around my home.  A couple of weeks ago, I rearranged the furniture

 in my living room.  I hope to get a few photos and share them with you

 next week...so stay tuned.
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I am joining in with Potpourri Friday...hosted by Honey over at "2805".
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Thank you, Honey for hosting this lovely party for us!
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Well my friends, I'm so glad that you stopped by today!

  I do hope that you are having a wonderful summer!

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Warmest Summery Wishes!

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