Monday

2011.07.25 Monday / Day 2 of vacation

Another sunny day.
We crossed the border into Colorado at 10:50 a.m.
Nope, make that 9:50 a.m. with another time change.
Western Kansas into eastern Colorado is all relatively flat,
but with continuously increasing elevation.

By 11 a.m. we were playing the game, "Are those mountains or clouds?"
By 11:30, we were sure.  They were mountains!

At an eastern Colorado rest stop, looking to the northeast . . .

Anne's reaction to reaching Colorado and seeing mountains on the western horizon . . .

Almost to Denver; look at the horizon.  Mountains, not clouds . . .

Just west of Denver, we stop at the first vista . . .

Back on the road.
First up-front-and-personal views of the Rockies and
Rocky Mountain National Park . . .

We stop around 4 p.m. to walk around (great coffee shop here!) . . .
have dinner and spend the evening in Estes Park, Colorado.
Total number of miles today is 433.

From the motel balcony, Anne and I take photos (of each other) . . .

and the view from the motel balcony . . .
 

 Tomorrow?
. . . into Rocky Mountain National Park.

[some photos by Anne]