Vacation - Hiking Day 1

After leaving the Denver area we drove approximately 2 hours south to the town of Fairplay.

This was our home base for 3 days of hiking excursions.

Our first trail was Limber Grove - 
an easy 3 mile out & back trail at an avg. 10,500 ft elevation.

Since we had never been hiking in CO we wanted to start out easy.

Providentially we met Carol & David with their 2 black labs at the trail head.
One of the dogs was named Lucy, but I did not get the other name.

They gave us excellent advice about how to navigate the trail.

The wild flowers were beautiful!

Then we reached the rocks!

If Carol & David hadn't briefed us at the trail head & 
been in our sights when we reached this point, 

I'm not sure we would have found our way.

We paused for a "Kodak Moment" with Carol & David.

Some of the pine trees are possibly over a thousand years old.

 Then the hail came!!

Shortly before we reached the turn around point we met Carol & David.
They had decided to turn back since they had done the trail before.
We soldiered on to the trail end & then headed back.

First day of CO hiking is complete!
It was a good experience even with the hail.