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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
The birthday girls on their birthday weekend
The birthday girls on their birthday weekend
We'll be 35 and 64, respectively.
Mom stakes her claim
Mom stakes her claim
This cabin is her first choice for next summer.
Chautauqua grounds
Chautauqua grounds
Choice #2
Choice #2
My mom hopes to rent a cabin at Chautauqua for a month next summer.
Chautauqua dining hall
Chautauqua dining hall
We had brunch here on Sunday. Eggs benedict and bread pudding... mmm...
Trail runners
Trail runners
at the Chautauqua Meadow trailhead
Mom admires the rabbitbush
Mom admires the rabbitbush
Artemesia blooming
Artemesia blooming
at the entrance to Chautauqua Park
Bluebell fire road and Chautauqua Meadow Trail
Bluebell fire road and Chautauqua Meadow Trail
It really IS this gorgeous.
Chautauqua Park entrance
Chautauqua Park entrance
Those are the Flatirons in the distance.
Mom on the fire road
Mom on the fire road
Looks good for 64, doesn't she?
Mom and I on the fire road
Mom and I on the fire road
We returned to Boulder this past weekend to celebrate our birthdays and to scope out Chautauqua as a ...
All uphill from here
All uphill from here
This fire road has about a 30% grade.
Yours truly headed up the meadow
Yours truly headed up the meadow
I hiked on solo to the first ranger station
The end is near
The end is near
With no water bottle, I stopped at the first ranger station.
Two roads diverged
Two roads diverged
There are 50 miles of hiking trails around Chautauqua Park
They really DO look like flatirons
They really DO look like flatirons
If you could zoom in, you'd see rock climbers scaling them.
It's all downhill from here
It's all downhill from here
Panorama of Boulder from the top of Bluebell fire road
Alpine meadow
Alpine meadow
There were wild asters blooming everywhere
Color in the canyon
Color in the canyon
The aspens were turning yellow.

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