A little sun, a little rain, a little snow!

Today began the Fall Color Tours. Two tours were planned. Since Mike has to work, other people have stepped up to lead tours.

Brown's Creek

Open Hood = People Magnet

The morning ride took the group over to the San Isabel National Forest, just a few miles from the Thirsty Dirt Ranch. The group visited the Raspberry Gulch and Brown's Creek areas. Towards noon, the skies got cloudy and as the group left the forest, the wind and rain chased them home.

After lunch, the clouds began to part, and there was plenty of fresh snow on the peaks. The sun's appearance encouraged the group as they warmed up by the wood stove. Mid-afternoon they decided to go ahead and visit St. Elmo.

Up at St. Elmo, they got a bit of snow again when a little squall came through. At least it wasn't like the morning storm, and didn't have winds that threatened to turn tents up on end.

Parked up at St. Elmo

The way back home

Photos all compliments of JPet of the CJ2A page. More of his photos can be found at the Fall Color Tour's  CJ2A forum

- Ellen