It was so beautiful!
The boys were so proud to catch some rainbow trout--fairly independently! Several were big enough to take home for dinner.
Jared "let" Grandpa do a lesson in filleting the fish.
Steamboat locals call this time of year "mud season." Snow is melting and runoff floods the river. Fishing the river isn't even an option.
While the boys fished, Tessa and I explored and walked around. The river walkway went right by the fishing pond and a short way down we found the Yampa River Botanic Park. I was enthralled with all the plants.
Because of our late-spring visit, it was pretty wet and not a lot of growth aside from bulbs and perennials. But after Florida's many varieties of palm tree and our well landscaped tropical neighborhoods, everything in the Colorado Rockies was such a novelty!
There were wonderful sculptures mixed into the park. The tall white one in the center of the above photo was called "Cherish" --a mother holding her child.
Tessa was a gem while I wandered around....
Now that I've been back in Utah for a few weeks, Aspens and Pines aren't quite as amazing. But they will always be wonderfully home to me!
2 comments:
what a beautiful spot. great photos. you are so good to get out and appreciate nature!! can't wait to go camping with you someday.
Hi, Candace! It was great to catch up on your blog a bit. Sounds like you had a fabulous trip west and a lovely time in Colorado. It was fun to hear about your trip and compare it to ours, a bit. We went through Atlanta, too, and St. Louis, and were able to spend a day and a half in Nauvoo before visiting my sister in Iowa. We're finally in Utah now, and maybe I'll get around to blogging again, but we definitely need to plan on seeing each other sometime before August. Enjoy your family and good luck to Jared as he studies for the Bar! Miss you guys!
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