Kirk, I would like to believe, MrHappyrotter and I, have an overlapping bucket list.
Congrats, and thank you for your participation!!!
Donation will be made in a minute or two...
This destination has been a wet dream for me.
We hired Crystal River Jeep Tours for transportation.
To get the jeep all to ourselves(plus driver), we paid $30.00 extra(no brainer).
To spend an extra hour at the site, another $30.00(much needed).
The road is nasty. Best to spend on this one.
All the way up, one is next to the Crystal River. It is crystal clear, fast and looking good to spot my nemesis bird- the American Dipper.
All the way up, I teased my wife, in a firm voice- YOU GET ME THAT BIRD!
The driver didn't know WTF I was talking about(he did know we were from Jersey, LOL)
It didn't take long. Soon as I set up camera, an American Dipper lands on the large boulder in the left of photo, bobs up and down while looking at me, and flies off.
What a (f-bomb) day!!!
I know what one is thinking. This doesn't qualify for a (f-bomb) day. Hey, it wasn't good enough for me either.
I forgot to mention we shot sunrise at Maroon Bells that morning. Had the place all to ourselves.
And to top it off, on the jeep ride down, we got to view pika and yellow bellied marmots.
I felt like kid in candy store during our stay in Aspen.
Thanks again MrHappyrotter!:clap:
