A cracker of an afternoon loop
And finishing up not far from Denver, either!
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Coming off the dizzying (literally) heights of the Rockies NP ridges, Shadow Mountain Lake is a tranquil oasis with some incredible background canvas...and some local wildlife undisturbed by the hordes.
Things don't happen in a rush here...this one had all the the time in the world before bringing his mates along!
Jackpot, the colours are simply divine and somehow reduce life to its essentials...
Rocky Mountains High
b ....and some little gravel road avoiding the town of Kremmling.
If there was enough in the kiddie, I'd plonk a deposit down on that 450acre farm and 52square log home "with additional outbuildings of 48 squares, 6 garages, tennis courts and 25 mile of river runs"
A lousy 1.3mil would also include a 12 mile private drive and a bag of 12+13 thousand footers as a backdrop.
Oh man...this is just about "paradise-within-reach"
Someone would just have to teach me how to not knock myself cold with a tennis racket...
There's just nothing like the backroads, brother!!
The Dillon Inn turns out to be one of the luckiest picks of the trip, a small place run by an elderly Polish couple combining
American Grandness with European hospitality, hooray!!...it can't get much better than that!
And........................................right next door to the
Dillon Dam Brewery!!
The PUUURRRFECT DAY!!