Day 8 Boulder & Rocky Mountain Park

Mon 4/6 – 7344 steps

David set off for his cycle, bright and early and I think he picked up speed when he noticed a sign saying “You are now in mountain lion territory.” He came back exhausted, a combination of lack of cycling, lack of air and a very technical track.
When he had recovered, we set off for Rocky Mountain National Park. David was getting the hang of the driving, even successfully navigating a circle. My head was filled with John Denver’s “… the Colorado Rocky Mountain high, I’ve seen it raining fire in the sky…”

We drove for miles, not an animal in sight, unless you count the people, loads of them around Bear Lake. There were also small squirrels and birds at the look-out point where we stopped. However, the scenery was magnificent and varied. And cold! Icy winds were blowing, we were hoping for coffee at the visitor’s station, but it had already closed when we got there. So we turned around and headed home and all of a sudden, we started seeing elk. It was like their happy hour. Not herds, mind you, but enough to now believe there are more out there which we may have missed.

We went into Boulder and walked around, It is a happy place, with lots of interesting shops, a lot of local crafts and jewelry. We had supper at the Magnificent Sun – burgers, but they were excellent, – gourmet burgers.
What I learnt: I can’t eat a gourmet burger in my fingers.