Aspen...

Here are long awaited pictures from Aspen...

At the end of Lincoln Creek Road.
That's Grizzly Lake in the background.

We turned around before the ghost mining town,
because of threatening weather and Anna's back was acting up.

These were taken at the "grottoes" area of the
Roaring Fork River, up near Independence Pass.

Bob went down into the grottoes -- basically where the stream has cut crazy paths through the rocks. There is also an "ice cave" down here, where I imagine the snow stays until well into summer.

Every year we go to Aspen we do the Lost Man hike, but this year we finally did the loop, going over the pass and down the other side.

This is looking back behind us.

Looking down the other side of Lost Man pass, the way we hiked.

I just put on rain gear here (lower left), since some kind of frozen precip was falling.
It got sunny and warm later in the day.

We're past the lake and have turned the corner on the loop.
Awesome views!

Self portrait