Heading to Bridal Veil Falls - Sun 17 Jun 2018 08:59:27 AM 2018-06-17T09_44_06_4M1A8236 - Sun 17 Jun 2018 09:44:06 AM Almost at the falls! - Sun 17 Jun 2018 09:57:20 AM That's a happy Michele! - Sun 17 Jun 2018 09:58:51 AM Bridal Veil Falls (first photo with my new 10-stop ND filter) - Sun 17 Jun 2018 10:17:31 AM Heading out on an overnight hike to Ditch Camp - Mon 18 Jun 2018 09:35:38 AM 2018-06-18T10_02_53_DSC02517 - Mon 18 Jun 2018 10:02:53 AM 2018-06-18T11_15_06_DSC02519 - Mon 18 Jun 2018 11:15:06 AM The first few miles are up, up, up - Mon 18 Jun 2018 11:20:02 AM 2018-06-18T11_20_07_DSC02521 - Mon 18 Jun 2018 11:20:07 AM 2018-06-18T11_21_17_DSC02522 - Mon 18 Jun 2018 11:21:17 AM Made it to Ditch Road - Mon 18 Jun 2018 11:39:50 AM There it is: the Grand Ditch - Mon 18 Jun 2018 12:51:24 PM 2018-06-18T12_51_28_DSC02525 - Mon 18 Jun 2018 12:51:28 PM The next four miles or so are just walking along this road - Mon 18 Jun 2018 12:51:41 PM On the way to Chasm Lake - Wed 20 Jun 2018 07:59:51 AM 2018-06-20T08_15_34_4M1A8250 - Wed 20 Jun 2018 08:15:34 AM Made it out of the trees - Wed 20 Jun 2018 08:23:43 AM 2018-06-20T08_24_03_4M1A8252 - Wed 20 Jun 2018 08:24:03 AM Michele with Long's Peak in the background - Wed 20 Jun 2018 08:38:01 AM 2018-06-20T08_46_37_4M1A8254 - Wed 20 Jun 2018 08:46:37 AM It's a long hike, even after you get out of the trees - Wed 20 Jun 2018 08:46:49 AM Getting closer to Long's Peak - Wed 20 Jun 2018 09:30:27 AM 2018-06-20T09_30_46_4M1A8257 - Wed 20 Jun 2018 09:30:46 AM Sporadic strong winds meant frequent changes of layers - Wed 20 Jun 2018 09:31:03 AM Peacock Pool (Chasm Lake is beyond some of the rocks) - Wed 20 Jun 2018 09:31:22 AM 2018-06-20T09_36_52_4M1A8261 - Wed 20 Jun 2018 09:36:52 AM We turned around here because the trail got too exposed for us. (See the tiny people?) - Wed 20 Jun 2018 09:37:02 AM Plenty of people went ahead, though! - Wed 20 Jun 2018 09:37:12 AM 2018-06-20T09_38_21_4M1A8264 - Wed 20 Jun 2018 09:38:21 AM 2018-06-20T09_43_59_4M1A8266 - Wed 20 Jun 2018 09:43:59 AM Wildflowers along the trail - Wed 20 Jun 2018 10:47:02 AM 2018-06-20T10_47_23_4M1A8269 - Wed 20 Jun 2018 10:47:23 AM 2018-06-20T10_47_47_4M1A8270 - Wed 20 Jun 2018 10:47:47 AM 2018-06-20T10_48_42_4M1A8272 - Wed 20 Jun 2018 10:48:42 AM On my birthday, we decided to hike along the Ute Trail, which starts above treeline - Thu 21 Jun 2018 07:49:13 AM It was beautiful, but really cold and crazy windy! - Thu 21 Jun 2018 07:49:25 AM We made it about this far from the car before heading back out of the wind! - Thu 21 Jun 2018 07:49:40 AM 2018-06-21T07_49_51_4M1A8277 - Thu 21 Jun 2018 07:49:51 AM Heading to the Loch on our last hiking day - Fri 22 Jun 2018 07:31:24 AM 2018-06-22T08_47_28_4M1A8280 - Fri 22 Jun 2018 08:47:28 AM A windy, gray day at the Loch. And a bench has been installed at Michele Rock! - Fri 22 Jun 2018 08:53:39 AM 2018-06-22T08_53_56_4M1A8283 - Fri 22 Jun 2018 08:53:56 AM 2018-06-22T08_54_03_4M1A8284 - Fri 22 Jun 2018 08:54:03 AM One day I'll make it over Timberline Falls to Sky Pond, but this wasn't the day - Fri 22 Jun 2018 08:55:24 AM
