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In Estes Park, Vendy and Judy decorated the driveway entrance for July 4th
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At the Presbyterian Community Church of the Rockies
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You can see glaciers from almost everywhere in Estes Park - including the church parking lot
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On our way to dinner downtown
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Fireworks without leaving home - the view from the Lockard's sun porch
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It was really a very nice show, but at that distance, the noise was out of sync
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There was major flooding a couple of years ago, and some of the residue is still visible. This used to be a road
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The water is better behaved these days
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Judy and Wes climbed down to the falls. Al and Vendy saved their energy.
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Some friendly folks took this one of Judy & Wes at the falls
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Wes reciprocated
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There's no shortage of spectacular scenery around here
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Look up, more scenery
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Look down - more scenery
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Some of this snow will last thru the summer. Most won't
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When the snow melts, there are waterfalls.
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And wildflowers along the streams
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These are glaciers - permanent ice and snow. There aren't as many these days.
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There's probably an elk herd somewhere in this shot, but couldn't see them at all
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That's pretty near the highest point along the highway that traverses the National Park
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Vendy tries in vain to find some elk, or marmots, or anything moving out there
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New one for us - looking down at a snowstorm
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Lots of trees in the park are dying due to pine beetles
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There doesn't seem to be much that can stop those nasty little bugs
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It's easy to see why Wes and Vendy love this area so much
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We were hooking up to leave when we noticed this artful tree along the Lockard's driveway
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One last picture of the Lockards
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Except for this one - Al & Wes examine the handlebars that dragged on the pavement once
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We like the wide open spaces as we cross Wyoming
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There are spectacular rock formations here, too
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Many are sandstone, a reminder that all this was once a sea floor
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These are limestone - also from that ancient sea floor
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That's the Snake River 300 or so feet below the bridge in Twin Falls ID
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And this is us in our spot down in Rock Canyon
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Hard to believe we're in the city, in the high desert
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We were forced to share the park with some locals
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Home is where we park it . . . .
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We're in Oregon! That's the Columbia River
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Lots of wind turbines taking advantage of Columbia Gorge winds
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We have to go back to Maryhill Museum - it's home to more Rodin works that any other place in the US
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One of the river cruise boats docked near Cascade Locks
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Bonneville Dam is the last dam before the ocean, and the last slide in this show