Alpine Lake Fishing

Colorado summer happiness is a mild and sunny day, hiking past this:



To get here:



And be met with:



And to be the ONLY angler on the lake. It took an hour or so to catch my first fish, but after that, this was a regular occurrence:



Then we had a little rain shower, a little soft hail. We packed up our stuff, hiked back to the car, then went to Idaho Springs and ate a tasty pizza.

Oh Happy Day.