Camping with Grandaddy

On Saturday evening we went to Jack's Gulch Campground with Grandaddy. Just across the road from the campground is the western edge of the High Park Fire and people are mostly avoiding the area. This meant we had a popular campground almost to ourselves on a Saturday afternoon/evening.

At the top of the world

Yesterday was probably not the best day to drive up Mount Evans. Fog and rain greeted us on the way. While at the summit hail and ice began to fall from the sky and rushed to get back in the car. We sat it out for 10 minutes and then drove down with an inch of hail on the road.

Horseback

 Badger contemplates biting Aden's hand off.

Maya, Nana, and Butch.

 Cale holds on for dear life.

And of course we had to visit Zeke before leaving.

Spider in the ash

On Tuesday it drizzled ash during the afternoon.

Smoky Sunset

This was on Sunday. Since then it's just been hazy/smoky. I ditched the bike riding this week b/c my asthma was kicking up.

Fire in the Sky

Yesterday I took the kids to the Browns Lake Trailhead and wanted to hike 2 miles to Crown Point. However, both Maya and Aden did not feel well. I think it may have been altitude related as they both had ear issues. In fact - yesterday evening Aden had severe ear pain and had trouble sleeping until we went out and got him some better medicine. Maya was fine when we got home but on past camping trips she has complained of not feeling well. Oh well... guess we'll move to Florida.

On the drive up we noticed a small wisp of smoke south of the canyon. On the drive down a massive cloud of smoke could be seen. For a few miles on the way down the sky was orange.

Last Day of School