Saturday, June 6, 2009

On Location: Tarryall, Colorado

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My family got the great blessing of a week of vacation with Christie's family, the Johnsons, in a nifty little cabin in the mountains of Colorado.

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Tarryall- a sparsely populated vicinity on the edge of the Pike National Forest. We stayed in a private cabin overlooking a small lake and nestled in small mountains (8000-10000 ft) with a majestic snowcaps peaking in on our basin.

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Great hiking trails were only a hundred yards from the cabin, with virtually no one else but us traipsing around
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Snow, minimal at our altitude
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The scenery was stereotypical but still gloriously alpine
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Despite rumors of high wildlife density, we unfortunately saw very little (a few mule deer, plenty of pronghorn out in the plains, lizards, and a few (2) elk as we left).
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2 comments:

Jessi said...

Looks like you guys had an awesome time. I hope it was relaxing. Do the Johnsons own that cabin?

Kyle said...

Yeah- it was great fun. No, the cabin was a rental.