Barely in the Park ten minutes, we spied these two bucks on the mountainside.
The gloriously gold aspen greeted us.
Majestic snow-capped mountains tower over Endo Valley.
The Alluvial Fan showed its lovely Autumn colors.
Not to keen on being photographed, this spike made a run for it.
This bull elk didn't seem to mind the camera at all.
When I came back a little later, he watched me from his resting spot in the grass.
A magnificent fenced-off area of Endo Valley soothed our souls.
Mallards, nestled in a far corner of the water, pleasantly surprised us.
Trees clothed in Fall finery lined the drive back to Estes Park.
This morning we ate breakfast at The Other Side restaurant. Our twenty-something server, from Texas, has resided in Estes five years. We asked him how he likes living here. He grinned, looked out the window next to us, and waved his hand toward the mountains. "It's a great place to live," he gushed. "Every morning I wake up and get to see all this. I feel like I'm on vacation every day."
I couldn't have put it better myself.
When I came back a little later, he watched me from his resting spot in the grass.
A magnificent fenced-off area of Endo Valley soothed our souls.
Mallards, nestled in a far corner of the water, pleasantly surprised us.
Trees clothed in Fall finery lined the drive back to Estes Park.
This morning we ate breakfast at The Other Side restaurant. Our twenty-something server, from Texas, has resided in Estes five years. We asked him how he likes living here. He grinned, looked out the window next to us, and waved his hand toward the mountains. "It's a great place to live," he gushed. "Every morning I wake up and get to see all this. I feel like I'm on vacation every day."
I couldn't have put it better myself.
So beautiful. You're lucky :-)
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