Rain on Our Parade

Sunday morning we packed up at Bellevue and headed further north to Pike's Peak State Park. Our previous disappointment in the stage of fall color turned to pleasure as more and more yellows and reds appeared as we neared our destination. Unfortunately, so did the rain clouds. By the time we arrived, a light drizzle was falling.

The place was busy. Park staff in safety vests directed traffic and the water/ dump station was a little hectic with campers leaving at the end of the weekend. We were told the park had 10,000 visitors over the weekend. With the beautiful weather on Saturday, the leaves must have been spectacular with all of the color up here. We found nice vacated spots amongst the oaks and pines. The scent is wonderful.

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Monday morning the rain had stopped but fog covered everything. Vince has a cousin living nearby with a house and cabin at a beautiful spot on Bloody Run Creek.  Butch and Vince fished for trout most of the morning, catching four. Letha and I explored the area and then returned to the park to hike the Bridal Veil Falls Trail.

The fog was still persistent even in late morning on the tops of the hills and obliterated any long views from the overlooks but created some interesting and still beautiful scenery on the hike.  We manged to get in a loop of about a mile and a half before the rain began in earnest around noon. We abandoned plans for a trek into McGregor in the afternoon and instead snugged in with books, movies and naps. We finished the day with a perfect supper at Ottaways of homemade chicken soup, gourmet toasted sandwiches and peach upside-down cake followed by dominos.

It is still raining.

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