Stage coach rides thru town:
Starting up Kendall
A rare find -- a red Columbine.
We see lots of lavender and white ones, but this is the first year we have found red ones in the wild. Columbines are Colorado's state flower.
Just a couple more switchbacks to go
You can see the snowdrift ahead, so we stopped at a spot that had "turn-around" room.
You never know where a little purple flower may pop up!
That little dot at the beginning of the ledge road is Charles & Jane.
This marmot is "King of the Flowers"
Kathy & Jane looking for that perfect picture.
See the mountain tops across the way under the Jeeps
More flowers growing out of the rocks
A baby marmot
Marmot "wearing" a rock around it's neck.
Charles walking from where we parked to the snowdrift.
He said the drift was about waist-deep.
Marmots popping out everywhere.
Another baby
Watching a storm come across the valley below
A detour to one of our favorite rock hunting mines.
Charles, Jane & Jim checking them out.
The grandkids would go crazy here trying to figure out which rocks to take.
It's easy to understand how the miners got "gold fever." Lots of sparkles aka "Fools' Gold"
The mining opening
A rock, just waiting to fall
Doesn't look too bad?
But this is how narrow the road was
Color when you least expect it
Headed back down
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