A little history: "On July 15, 1982 at 5:30 a.m. Lawn Lake broke
through the terminal moraine that had held for
thousands of years. The release of 29 million gallons of water swept trees
and car-sized boulders four miles down to the valley floor. In addition to tons
of lighter rocks, gavel and sand creating a 42-acre alluvial fan. A trash
collector heard the waters crashing down the Roaring River and called park
rangers, who evacuated campers at Aspenglen campgrounds. Two were lost to the
flood at the campground and one along the Roaring River. Much of the flood's
force was weakened while submerging the meadows of Horseshoe Park, but still
had enough force to flood the town of Estes Park to a depth of six feet. Lake
Estes to the east of town contained the floodwaters preventing further
damage."
Closer in:
A perfect place for our little mountain climber to do some scrambling!
And where the son can explore many intriguing rock formations,
and make discoveries such as: dirt tastes the same in every state.
Sunset by the falls:
Being Cheeseballs
Future Spelunker
After all that exercise we need to hydrate!
And as we were leaving... doesn't this look like the beginning of a fairy tale?
2 comments:
Yes on the fairy tale picture! Beautiful!!
WONDERFUL. Thanks for including us & we commend you on the plans, the execution, & the wonderful pictures & captions of your Estes Park outing. Yes, maybe this seed will germenate into the beginning of a new fairy tale. Those 2 precious children certainly do continue to look like clones.
I always think of Bob & intend to write, but just a few words now of gratitude for him & the legacy he & you & your family are merging. Don't know how, but I believe Bob has a bird's eye view of these things & is smiling his unique smile & rejoicing!
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