Garden Drive Zoo

Kitten #1 and her mom

One of the cats whose name I always forget

Kingston the dumb puppy

Dante, who has a bit of a staring problem

Kitten #2

Monument Valley

One of the better parts of the drive.
The Jetta, starting to smell a little pungent on the inside but still running well
Cool rocks
Enterprising Indians
At long last, the mountains of northern AZ

Boulder to Phoenix

In the vicinity of Moab
Western Colorado

Getting into Utah

the Jetta in front of the Colorado River, Moab Canyon, Utah

Off to Phoenix.

Andrew set sail Wednesday at 7, heading to Phoenix through some beautiful and then not so beautiful country. He arrived safe and sound, ready for his next adventure. Can you believe that car made it?

Mt Bierstadt

The Sawtooth is above Andrew's head in this photo. Its the connector to Mt. Evans from Mt. Bierstadt. Mt. Evans, 14,264 feet, is the peak to the left of Andrew. This is on the next time list for sure. Want to bag both via the Sawtooth. Anyone in?

Mt. Bierstadt to the right of Andrew's melon. 14,060 feet.

When we knew we weren't going to make it much farther, we stopped to eat some fudge and take in the view.

Baron Von Cheese and Kikicheesmeister.

Attempt to hike Mt. Bierstadt.

We did some research on which 14er we could do relatively quickly since I had to get back to class at 4pm for a quiz. We read there was a bit of road construction on the pass but we didnt expect 4-5 stops at 20min each as well as the road being closed from 9-11 and then 1-3... The hike takes 4-5 hours so we weren't going to make it to the top this time. When we saw what they were doing to the road, it was amazing the road was even open.

Luckily I had a shirt Andrew could stretch on, since it was so cold he could have cut glass... you know what I mean.

New friend.

Must have been a lot more snow a couple weeks ago.

Afternoon hike to Isabelle Lake.

After a lazy day hanging out in Boulder, we decided to head up to Brainard Lake and do a quick hike. The light was just right, we saw maybe 3 people and the air was cool. Andrew said it reminded him of Glacier National Park and I would agree. Its beautiful up there, and its only a 45 min drive from my house. It is a busy place in the summer and on weekends, but on a Monday night, no problem!

Full moon on the drive back to town.

The moon was a true harvest moon: big on the horizon and golden yellow. Hard to photograph though...

Holy Mole!

After our fun and fast hike, we made Mole. It was so yummy, pretty easy and something Andrew and I want to make at our next Wachtel Family Adventure. Not real spicy, but we can change that. Chicken Mole Enchilada's.