We Almost Made It

We almost made it to the ghost town of Independence but were stopped by snow drifts about 2 miles short of our goal!  But what a glorious day we had getting there!  About 25 miles from our house sits the old ruins of the mining town of Independence.  The road getting there is one big rock/mud/water mess!  But our little jeep was a trooper today and just crawled up the mountain with ease.  For the first time since owning it we took the top down and what a gorgeous day we had!

Sighted these elk along the river on the way up.

 

Of course Emmi got to go along.

  The highlight of the day, this youngster moose.

See the snowballs both in the air at the same time—Gina got the bad end of that deal!

Our lunch spot alongside the fast moving Boulder River.

The nasty road, there is so much snow melt, water is running across and down the road much of the way.  There are huge mud puddles that make one a little nervous to cross.  This is where we stopped, too much snow!

We had just a glorious day taking in all the scenery, enjoying the jeep, looking for wildlife.  Michael was an excellent chauffer all day.  The weather was perfect and so was the company, we couldn’t have asked for a better day!

We didn’t get home until after 7pm but were all starving.  We had started a batch of baby back ribs this morning so finished those up on the grill along with some rosemary/garlic roasted potatoes, baked beans and fruit.  Now we are definitely not hungry and are all headed for our pillows!