Next Stop -- Breckenridge CO

We chose to go to Breckenridge because it is home to a lot of pretty good trout streams. It is also up at 8500'+ or so in elevation, so it's cold and we get to beat the heat and humidity... Alicia likes that a lot! If only I could breathe!

Travel to the Summit County area is straight out I-70, so nothing interesting along the way, unless you like corn, wheat, alfalfa, etc.  Mostly flat open plains, long views, and some interesting dark clouds.

The most interesting thing was the change in the temperature as we started to gain elevation.

I can just envision being in a Conestoga wagon crossing the flat eastern plains of Colorado and seeing these looming ahead.....

Honey!...  What? ..... LOOOOK .... oh no ... we have to cross THAT?

Of course there were no communication towers in the early 19th century

Yup, it was getting cold --- I was looking for snow, but we didn't get any

We arrived at The Bivouac.. an appropriate establishment name for climbers and "home" for a couple of days. WAY better than the last bivouac that I made in the rain on Mount Moran...

The "Great Room" ... a great place to hang out and use the excellent WiFi...