Here a duck, there a duck, everywhere a ____ ____

"I think a good product would be "Baby Duck Hat". It's a fake baby duck, which you strap on top of your head. Then you go swimming underwater until you find a mommy duck and her babies, and you join them. Then, all of a sudden, you stand up out of the water and roar like Godzilla. Man, those ducks really take off! Also, Baby Duck Hat is good for parties."

 - Jack Handy 

Some of the best scenery in Rocky Mountain National Park, other than the mountains themselves, are the streams and rivers which meander alongside trails....

    Lily Lake 2008 Wedding                    ☞                       Lily Lake 2010 Visit

 The sweet sweet reward at the top of Lily Mountain....

After breaking for lunch, decided to feast the eyes too....

All shots are part of the following:

♬ Colorado Rocky Mountain High

Gas one way from KC to the Rockies - $58

 Entrance fee to Rocky Mountain NP - $20/wk

One cup of Spiced Pumpkin Latte @ Kind Coffee in Estes - $3.65

 Seemingly unlimited time to play in a giant National Park..... Priceless

Sometimes you feel like a beach-Sometimes you don't

OK, we aren't fooling anyone....we always feel like a beach. However, when our seasonal owl work ended along the coast of Oregon last month, we made the cross-country trek back to the Midwest....

 We will see you again Oregon....promise.

Meanwhile, in the Midwest - life centers around a crab apple tree in the yard...

 

From one pool of giant water to a significantly smaller and less salty one...

Hello summer temperatures - lucky for us, we were fortunate enough to dodge you in Oregon for most of the season.