Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Camping in Aspen - Day 1

It's our first camping trip of the year and by some good fortune(Thanks, Jeff!!), we managed to get a campsite at the much coveted Maroon Bells campsite, though we did come close to losing it!

Anyways, we left early Friday morning and got to Aspen around lunch time. After having a VERY expensive lunch at a Creperie in downtown posh Aspen, we headed to Maroon Bells to set up our tents. It started to drizzle as we set up our tents but by the time we were done, the sun was really trying to shine thru. Since it was trying, we thought we'd take the chance to go check out the Maroon Bells as we weren't sure how the weather was going to hold up for the rest of the weekend(forecast was very grim).

Turned out, the weather did hold out and we managed to take a little hike along the lake and creek. Aspen is just as beautiful as i remembered it at this time of the year. The wild flowers were blooming at its peak and it was absolutely gorgeous.

The kids enjoyed their little short hike and that night we were invited to join Jeff and his friends for taco dinner and roasted marshmallows in the fire.

Surrounded by crazy wild flowers

The kids with wild flowers

Maroon Bells in the background

Beautiful flowers

Artsy shot

Beautiful trail

Fuzzy water shot

Along the trail

All looking happy

At the famous Maroon Bells lake

Tyler and Cody

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