Back to home base

We checked out of the airBnB by 10am and joined the masses traveling out of the mountains and back to civilization.

At the turnoff for Georgetown, our two cars parted ways. Susanna had work to do in preparation for the coming week, so she drove back directly with Henry Dog while the rest of us took the scenic route over Guanella Pass, elevation 11,670', to Georgetown. We thought we might take a side-trip to Mt. Evans, but realized that the time required was more than we had available. Plus, we decided a weekday might be a better time to visit than a busy Sunday afternoon. We settled for a gorgeous drive down Hwy 6 to Golden, CO and finally back to Lafayette.

We took care of all the necessary unpacking, repacking, laundry, etc. Rouse and Noah got busy using a chain saw to cut dead wood out of a tree in the back yard. They had to stop that little game in order to do our not-so-regular "Sunday Dinner Chat" zoom meeting with the rest of the family.

Following the zoom, Rouse and I hitched up the Little Guy Max and drove back to our campsite at St. Vrain State Park. We have a different camp site reserved for this week's home-away-from-home.

breakfast at the cabin

The Chalk Cliffs of Colorado, an iconic historic landmark on Mt Princeton. Not true chalk, but
kaolinite, a soft rock produced by hot springs percolating through cracks in the mountain

Guanella Pass

dead wood down

Can you guess the news that made our zoom meeting special?