Delicate Carpet of Flowers.

Wildflowers grow profusely in the mountain tundra above the tree-line. Too cold year-round for trees, the beauty stays much closer to the ground. Nothing is more than about five inches high. Yes, I was practically laying down to snap these pictures.

These pictures, on the other hand, were taken from my car window looking down from the tundra as we were driving up the highest road in America at some 12,000 ft. elevation. It's kinda fun to have a good camera.

Sprague Lake Explained

A pretty bridge to walk on and the Mountains behind us just out of view.

OK...So Delila was posing first and so I posed and then she stopped just before the shot. That was just to make me look silly I think. Tricky-Dee, that's what I call her.

This is the plaque enlarged because I thought it was quite cool... Those are the mtns just out of view in the shot of Joey and me on the bridge. A beautiful place for a lodge but it isn't there any more.

I think you can read this for the most part. This lake was my favorite place at the park. It was so gentle and perfect.

Sprague Lake at RMNP

Peaceful Sprague Lake...at Rocky Mtn. NP.

The tail end of an Elk herd we were trying to catch up with.

My family and Sprage Lake views. A little girl was so enthralled with Crowdin. First she asked us if she could pet our coyote. Then later she asked us, "Is he a coyote or a dog?" We're guessing her parents got to her. Oh, to have your childhood fantasies so dashed.

Even little Tort, our Missouri turtle enjoyed the views. He was screaming..."Put me down. Put me down. This is the right place!" Little did he know he wasn't there yet.

Estes Park as Compared to....

Here are some more pics of the condo and views at Estes Park. Estes Park is the name of a mountain resort town just outside of Rocky Mtn. National park in Colorado. I wish I had some pictures of the town. I think I like it even more than Jackson Wyoming for a couple of reasons. Jackson is about an hours drive from Yellowstone NP and Jackson has gotten so huge. Estes is less than five miles from Rocky Mtn. NP and it still has that small town feel. However, there is no beating Yellowstone NP and happily Worldmark is putting a resort in West Yellowstone, Montana which is just outside the park. Though it's not as cute a town as Estes, we are so excited for that resort to be finished. I haven't yet been everywhere, but I'm pretty sure that Yellowstone is my favorite place in the whole world.

Estes Park Worldmark Condo

(One comment per pic/left to right/top to bottom) Snapshots of the front of our Worldmark condo at Estes Park. JB's sexy pose on the sofa sleeper. Our porch with river behind us. Beautiful river I wanted to walk in. Looking from the river back to our condo on the left and ground level. Master bathroom. Master bedroom. Special needs kitchen. Delila lounging in the 2nd bedroom.

Mountain Glory Effect

So just for fun Kim was showing me how to do the special effects on Picasa. I added two different graduated colors to the clouds of my picture of Rocky Mountain National Park. Kinda crazy. I know.

Rocky Mtn. National Park

Here we are at Rocky Mountain National Park. I was playing with Picasa, my picture progam on the computer, to see what I could actually do. I cropped the picture of Joey and me. Then I changed the picture of Delila and Crowden to sepia. OK? OK...