Lisa and jers adventures: July 2009

Camping Trip

"The striking white cliffs on Mount Princeton are made not of chalk but of kaolinite, a soft rock produced by hot springs percolating through cracks in the mountain. Majestic Mt. Princeton
Inspired by the cliffs that look like white chalk, this peak was named Chalk Mountain by George M. Wheeler during his surveying and mapping expedition of the Colorado Territory in 1871. However, the name Mount Princeton was used in 1873 by Ferdinand V. Hayden, leader of the U.S. Geologic Survey's, Hayden Expedition. Hayden named many of the neighboring peaks after Ivy League schools.

The speal above taken from another website and referencing a sign that talks about the history of Chalk Cliffs.

Chalk cliffs near Buena Vista, Co

Hummingbird that was flying around our campsite.

Camping in the National Forest

I think this is a Yellow-bellied Marmot.

Field of Wildflowers.

On our way to Ouray, Co

Cascade Falls, Ouray, CO

Box Canyon Falls. Sorry video does not do justice.

Saw this waterfall from the roadside. This is optical and digital zoomed all the way in. But we spotted a dirt road. So we did some off roading.

Moose viewing Capital of CO

Lisa and I had the day of so we hit the open road toward Walden, CO. Walden is know as the Moose viewing capital of Colorado. So we headed toward Fort Collins, Co and headed up Route 14. This was a little tunnel we traveled trough that we found cool.

Waterfall right of the side of Route 14 we past along the way.

Le Poudre River runs along Route 14.

I plan on kayaking down these falls when I learn how to Kayak.

Lisa loves to take pictures of wildflowers. There could be a Bear to take a picture of but she would take a picture of the wild flowers. This one is the Columbine, the state flower of Colorado.

Picture along Long Draw Road a gravel road 10 miles long that leads to a reservoir. Moose have been seen along this road.

We were driving along when we saw this moose along Long Draw Road.

We headed back onto Route 14 toward The Moose visitor center.

Along our way right along side the road was this Moose That was crossing the road. We later saw she had a baby Moose with her but it was to late to get a pic They ran into the woods.

We had plans to ride our bikes on a short 6 mile loop at the visitor center. It was a good ride but we did not see any Moose along our journey. There is a easel pad inside the visitor center were people can come in and write were they saw moose.

On our way back we stopped at a small market for some snacks, they had this Hummingbird feeder with Hummingbirds flying all over it.

First 14ers- Grays Peak and Torreys Peak

Our route from 14ers.com. We switched it up hiking Torreys and then croosing over to Grays. 2 down 56 more to go. 8.25 miles, 3,600 feet of elevation gain felt more like 50 miles. Click to enlarge.