What a great weekend spent in the great state of Colorado! Ben and I began this journey because I wanted to spend some time in Estes Park. They had a great art festival going on and the summer was just about ending. Why not explore on a three day weekend?!?
Estes Park was great! Elk were walking everywhere. We had left Safeway and were driving down this hill and here come the elk just chilling and eating.
Then we saw this great big one. I tried zooming in a little but man this honker was HUGE!! Ben said, "Call your dad quick....This is a good one." 
Right out side Estes Park was a cute little lake called Lily Lake. Just the name got me =) I was hoping to see the Lilly pads but I guess they come out at the end of July and early August. The lake was serene and beautiful.
I love this picture of the Aspen and the mountain behind it. I actually blew it up and had it put in black and white. Very nice!
Rocky Mountain National Park was not our favorite. I had heard the fishing was good in Estes Park and in this National Park but when we started driving there was not one place that we could see to go fishing. Ben was so bummed out, just as much as I was. We later found out that you had to hike a minimum of 2 miles to reach any river in the park...Not what we had planned (We bought a book later that evening that explained all of this, perfect timing, right?!?)
As we are driving just out of the park Ben looks bummed and I am disappointed. What to do? Oh drive around some more and find the river. We end up in Breckenridge, CO and find beautiful rivers and scenery. It is one of my favorite places to go!
The trees were already turning colors! So beautiful!
We went into this fly shop that put there flies in a container shaped like a fish (below) and also in the shape of a fly. I found it so ironic I had to get a picture.
Beautiful Breckenridge.
The big catch in Salida, CO....Ok not really. Ben didn't even know he had caught a fish until he flung the rod back and a fish was flapping in the hook.
At the end of trip, I enjoyed reading by the river and Ben enjoyed some fishing. Great end to a great weekend!
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What a wonderful mini vacation and some very beautiful pictures!!! Always nice to get to enjoy what's around a person. Also, your dad said "that's a shooter" and you need to find more of those so he can come and hunt them :-)!!!
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