Vail

For our family reunion this year we went to Vail Colorado. It is amazing what is so close to us that we never take the time to explore. We had a great time. Friends of ours let us stay our first night in their home in Grand Junction. Then we took a drive along the Colorado NM. It could look like Arches in some places. It was a good start.

Then we ate lunch in Glenwood Springs and there learned that the Shoshone Rapids was still closed to rafting. It sounded like the water could be dropping and might go low enough for us to get on the next week, but I did start looking again for what might be available.

Then we drove into Aspen. I have to say it was beautiful. I was entranced and want to go back. Much different than I expected. We followed the road up into the mountains and over Independence Pass. It was the beginning our our Rocky Mt High- elevation over 12,000 ft. The snow had been late in melting so the flowers were all in bloom, the grass was green it was gorgeous.