We decided we'd camp this year and by Tuesday we knew that we were going to be ready to get out of town on Friday. He figured it'd be easiest to just set up a base camp and do a little back tracking as needed this year. It's nice not having to break down camp every morning. So we left town around 6 on Friday and after being shut out on one forest service road (foot deep mud without 4 wheel drive is a no-no), we go a little further into the Fraser Valley and find a great place up on Crooked Creek Road. We were actually hoping to get a big higher up the road, but the forest service has it closed. So we set up camp.
End of the road, we camped just to the right - great little spot. J even taught me how to shoot a shot gun up here - big fun!
And here's the view we got to enjoy much of the weekend - well, when it wasn't snowing anyway. That's right - snowing! Thank goodness for big fires, warm sleeping bags and fleece lined hats!We set up camp and J quickly lit a fire for us to warm up with - it wasn't dark yet, but we knew that it was going to be in the low 30's-high 20's Friday night. We're getting pretty good at the arm length photos...see...
After about a half hour or so, it started to snow. It wasn't really flakes though - it was more like pellets - dippin' dots sized pellets of snow, so we retreated to the tent. I was very impressed with how warm my new bag kept me - those ratings are pretty right on - thankfully.
On Saturday morning, we ventured back down to Mt Evans in hopes of driving at least up to Summit Lake. It wasn't to be though, drifts had blown in overnight and the rangers had no idea when the road might open again.
So feeling a bit defeated, but also knowing it's a half hour from home, we went back over to Winter Park and on up to our camp site. We decided to go on a quick hike on up the road past the closure, just to see what we could see - and of course, I forgot the camera. It was a nice hike, lots of shade and some great views - you'll have to take my word for it though.
It was about time for dinner and we decided just to go into town. We had also seen that the new Indiana Jones movie was playing at the theater in Winter Park - woohoo! So a quick bite to eat, a walk for Henry Hound (J's dog, Norm spent the weekend at camp) and we were off to see the movie.
So this is a random picture, right? Well, not really. You see, behind the speed limit sign, is the sign for the Cinema - you can see the NEMA. And it's kind of fitting that the sign is hidden, because the theater itself is also hidden. It's located in the building with the green roof, on the right side of the picture. But - the part of the building you see, is a convenience store. The theater is actually downstairs, that's right folks, we saw the latest Indiana Jones in a theater in the basement of a convenience store. It was an adorable little theater. Just one screen, a lobby wallpapered in the mid-80's, and thank goodness we hit the ATM beforehand, because while they don't do debit cards, they do take checks - I saw someone writing one when we left after the movie. Everyone has to go back out the same way they came in - so since we went to the early show, we got to walk out past all the folks waiting to see the 9:30 show. The movie was good and it was nice to spend some time inside - especially since it really didn't warm up a whole lot during the day.Part II coming right up...
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