Here’s how I spent my summer vacation. Or at least where I spent it.
Some names have been changed to protect the innocent.
Another Roadside Attraction
First Stop: Castle Rock
Eileen, Zach, Aaron, & Doggies
Trek 225-S1 at the Denver airport, ready for adventure
Cache la Poudre, as seen from the roadway pulloff
Cache la Poudre Valley, as seen from Shouting Creek trail
Shouting Creek
Fall River in RMNP
aka Where I Lost My Fly Box
Drive-by Scenery
(It didn’t wave back)
The storm clouds assembled shortly after I lost my fly box...
...and just over the mountain
pass all hail broke loose
Blowout #1: Upper Colorado
There’s a mule deer hiding in there
Welcome to Routt Forest
Please be sure of your target
Rocky Mountain National Park Scavenger Petting Zoo
Frenchman’s Creek is down there
Somewhere in Colorado
Frenchman’s Creek.
Somewhere in Colorado
A neat little bit of nature on the shore of Frenchman’s Creek
My Personal Stormclouds
Roadside Beauty,
New Mexico Style
“Moo”
Blowout #5
(I’ll spare you #s 2-4)
Bill Schudlich, somewhere
on Frenchman’s Creek
We didn’t have enough rope to fish that section, unfortunately
Bill on another section of Frenchman’s Creek
El Rio Grande
con Guillermo Schudlich
Another Trailside Attraction
Compared to the rest of the road, this is smooth pavement
Frenchman’s Creek,
Somewhere in Colorado
Another stretch of Frenchman’s Creek, somewhere in Colorado
A Frenchman’s Creek
Cutthroat Trout
And Another
Another neat little piece of nature
Another Schudlich Sighting
and another Frenchman’s Cutt
And Another :)
This Frenchman’s Creek Cutt must’ve had a headache
Frenchman’s Canyon
Yeah, it’s still Frenchman’s Creek,
Somewhere in Colorado
There are fish in this pool.
I suspect they’re Frenchman’s cutts
That’s the pool. And the end of that day’s Frenchman’s fishing...
...because it stormed minutes later and blew the creek out. Yep, #6
Oh, yeah, here’s the view of that pool from the canyon rim :)
Another stretch of Frenchman’s Creek, somewhere in Colorado
And a nice cutt from that stretch
Goodbye, Frenchman’s East
And into the next drainage we go...
Some gorgeous Indian Paintbrush seen on the way over the pass
And a Columbine or three
More stunning roadside scenery
A beautiful cutthroat from Frenchman’s West
No, we didn’t fish here. It’s the Texas Hole of the San Juan
Bill Cass’ cousins Julia, Warren, and some very, very good dogs
Trek 225-S1 comes off the trail at Philmont Scout Ranch
And back at headquarters the packs come off :)
