Endless Summer Is Over. At Least In Colorado. For Now.

After what seems like forever, the warm temperatures and sunshine here in Denver have finally come to an end, at least for now. The temperatures have fallen from the 80s to the 50s, and some parts of the state have even seen rain - unheard of - and in the southwest part of the state, a lot of snow. Up in Evergreen, the clouds rolled in quickly, and it rained on and off all yesterday afternoon. The photograph on the left shows Colorado 103, which leads to Echo Lake and from there to the 14,200-foot summit of Mount Blue Sky (formerly Mount Evans), toward which I decided not to continue. Driving a road in heavy fog, with sheer cliffs along its sides, is less fun than you might think.

I took the photograph on the right yesterday afternoon of Elk Meadow Park, in which I have never seen a single damn elk. I have seen them on the Evergreen Golf Course, in Dedisse Park along Evergreen Lake, and several dozen sitting on someone's lawn across the street from Evergreen's Hiwan Heritage Park. I have even seen a herd of elk cross the street - in the crosswalk, no less - toward Alderfer/Three Sisters Park, but for some reason, they avoid Elk Meadow Park. Probably don't want to conform to expectations. Kind of like me.