Today was a much better day!  No rain, sunny skies and we are off to do some four-wheeling!

Our campground is right at the base of the Arapahoe National Forest and there is lots of ATV trails, infact many campers bring their own ATV’s.  We rented one for a couple hours and equipped with a map that showed green and red trails and trails to stay away from, we head out and immediately I feel lost, things are not that well marked.

You can really see how bad the beetle infestation is in the forest as we traveled along.

What an amazing view!  Grand Lake, Grandby Lake and a valley that appears to be endless.  We enjoyed lunch on the top of the mountain and then headed out to more 4-wheeling!  Paul loved it,  Duke and I were just ok with it!  A smoother ride would have been nice,  this thing has no shocks!

It was a beautiful ride. Lots of fun, something different, not sure I would want to do this every weekend.

We returned the ATV and headed back to the Colorado Trail for a hike down to the river.  We did this hike earlier in the week and really enjoyed it.  And Duke gets to come along.  The hike is about 2 miles wandering through the woods with a short loop at the river with a great spot to hang out.

So we are hiking along,  about 1.5 miles in,  I look ahead and see dark brown moving!  Yikes!  I’m thinking a bear cause it is really big!

She was beautiful.  In the picture you can see her baby hiding behind the downed logs.  She was beautiful.  We got to within about 20 feet away, still on the trail.  We have Duke and I am sure he is going to bark or something.  Paul did quickly put him on a leash just incase.  Duke could have cared less, he was probably wondering why we were stopped and why is mom taking so many pictures.

So now our trip to the Rocky’s is complete; we saw a few deer, three long horn sheep, lots of herds of Elk, one bull up close,  a moose across the lake, a bull running through our campground and this beauty.  Amazing!

The river was pretty nice but the moose was definitely the highlight of the hike.

 

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