I went with my friend Stuart, seen in the photograph on the left, up to Kenosha Pass, in the mountains southwest of Denver, to look at the Aspens yesterday afternoon. They are now close to their peak colors, and were really pretty, despite the drizzly weather. Kenosha Pass is about 20 miles from Fairplay, an old mining town located in South Park, which I understand is the locale for a cartoon show on television of the same name.
Despite the rain, there were a lot of people on the pass, hiking along the Colorado Trail, which extends 485 miles from Denver to Durango. I myself would not want to make that trek, especially on such a cold and rainy day as yesterday. Lots of people take their dogs along with them on this trail, and some take them along even if those mutts are old, and can't walk it on their own, such as the one in the photograph on the right. God bless those people who love their pets that much.
After a short hike, Stuart and I decided to head back to his car, and drive to beautiful, but jarringly boring Lakewood, and the Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom. It was at least 20 degrees warmer back in Lakewood, and not raining, allowing us to dine on the patio, and look out over Lakewood, or at least it's parking lots. I much prefer the view from Kenosha Pass, as seen in the photograph on the left, but on the other hand, getting a pint of beer up there is quite a bit harder.
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