Another Rainey Day

It has rained for the last three days…Tuesday Morning we woke to fog and rain…We had planned to go up on Trail Ridge Drive and have lunch at the Grand Lake Lodge…We went to the post office to pick up our mail from Livingston…We left the post office and drove on the loop to Golden…From Golden we headed north to Boulder…From Bolder to Lions and on to Estes Park…The entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park is in Estes Park…We have been over the Trail Ridge Drive numerous times and it is always exciting to see the changing terrain each  time we cross the ridge…There is still a lot of snow left on the top above the tree line…The air is thin and breathing becomes a little short on top…It is always good to start down the other side because the traffic is thinner and it is down hill…Signs tell up there is construction ahead and a possible 20 to 30 minute delay…We continue on and become uncomfortable for no  being able to stop for a rest room…Well you guessed it…We are stopped for the construction project and we wait…each minute seems like 30 in our misery…Cars are lined up front and back and the mountain is too steep to on each side to go into the woods…OOOOh for a gallon jug…We finally were released after several hours (really about 15 minutes) and we head down looking for anything to find relief…There it is and we stop…What a relief…Well with everything feeling more comfortable we head for Grand Lake Lodge…We finally reach the entranced and guess what???It is closed for remodeling…Well the day isn’t ruined yet…We head on down to Grand Lake and look for a place to have lunch…It is now two in the afternoon and we are hungry…We find a hamburger joint and go in…Hamburgers are eight dollars…Chilly dogs five…I order a chilly dog and Mary Ann orders just a regular hot dog with fried sweet potatoes…The chilly is not like good old Texas Chilly…The day is not lost…what a beautiful drive back to Denver…We get home and the rain started again…It has been raining ever since…Well I guess I could take pictures of rain and rising water but you all are enjoying a hot summer and dry humidity…Talk to you later if, the Lord doesn’t ask me to start building an ark…Philip