Sidney to Denver Colorado and local area

Folks, we ran out of blog site space last year, so here are some of the pics from the tail end of last year's trip. We stopped at Sidney, Nebraska which has one of the largest sporting shop we've ever been to. 

Hillside Golf Club where Tom had a round - one of the things on his bucket list is to play a round of golf in every state in the USA.

One of the many wind farms that we passed on the route to Colorado from Nebraska.

Denver, CO - on our way to Mount Evans.

Sweetwater - one of the towns we passed on our way to Mt Evans.

 Denver - interesting architecture, we were too far away to see what it was.

A working gold mine that we passed.

Mt Evans - as the sign says, the highest paved road in N. America.

Lovely green forests hugged the road to Mt Evans.

Beautiful Echo Lake enroute to Mt Evans.

Vegetation got scrubby as we ascended - these trees appear to be petrified and just barely clinging on to the mountainside.

As we climbed to approx. 10,000 ft we could see weather coming in. This side of the mountain being brilliantly blue and clear.  See pic below for the nasty stuff heading our way.

Nail biting drive heavenwards!

Summit Lake is approx. 10,000 ft - the water is amazingly blue.

Photo op for Tom at Summit Lake - check out the vegetation.  It is so cold only Tundra vegetation grows here.

Postcard worthy photos of this beautiful lake.

A little further from Summit Lake is a chain of 3 lakes called The Chicago Lakes.

Pretty wild and windy at this spot.

One can truly appreciate the name of this road - there are no safety guards on this trek up the mountain.

Mountain goats along the roadside - check out the rain falling in the background miles away.

This couple from Montreal cycled all the way to the top - must be extremely fit!

More mountain goats - still shedding their winter coats.

These white beauties are Mountain Sheep - amazing how they keep their coats so white.

Adventurous tourists on the top of Mt Evans - I had enough adventure just getting up the mountain!

Gorgeous views.

Mama sheep and baby eating the soil for the minerals.

14,128 ft without oxygen.

Just to give you an idea - in a Cessna 172 aircraft, you might get to an altitude of 7,000ft when flying.

Now they tell me - I felt dizzy and then depressed for a couple of days afterwards.

We were so lucky to have come across so many Mountain Sheep - you are not supposed to mingle with them as they are wild animals but this lady decided it was worth the risk.

Saw this little cute Marmot on our way down from Mt. Evans - he looked as if he was velcroed on t the boulder!