Yesterday we decide to go find some ghost towns. so we decided on one near Aspen. From our house we went up and over Guanella pass. It's under construction until 2010 on the Georgetown side. lol, that side has lots of pot holes and narrow lanes so it's like a four wheel road. it was raining on top of the pass. But inspite of that, there were still a lot of cars parked up there and people hiking the different trails. decide it was too cool and wet to have lunch here so we went down farther. Had lunch at a lower picnic area. My Dorito salad, Mmmm! Continued on and over Independence Pass, where it is again raining on the summits. had some hail mixed in here. walked out to the over look anyway. On down past the restored ghost town of Independence. didn't stop today. then on into Aspen. didn't stop here either. public parking here is pay parking. it was getting late so we didn't stay. found our road and headed up to Ashcroft. Many tall thick stands of aspen trees. I understand why the town is so named. Many beautiful blue lupine flowers growing among the aspens. And this little guy. We pulled over on the side of the road and he just stood there flicking his ear and let me take a couple of pictures.
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