Dinner At the Bottom Of the Mountain

After we got down to the bottom of the mountain we decided to stop at the restaurant to have dinner.  They also had a big gift shop where I got some Christmas ornaments that say "Mt. Evans".

Inside the dining room there was this big statue of a mountain goat. 

The sign at the bottom of the entrance to Mt. Evans

Caden throwing stones in a little puddle

A lake near the restaurant

So picturesque

Mount Goliath

Mount Goliath was an area on the mountain

It looked so different here . . . . .

but pretty in it's own way!

This building had a lot of interesting facts inside about the area.

There's Brett coming back to the van.  Do you see him?

The Birthday Boy

Today was Jordan's 2nd birthday.  Here he is looking a little tired :o)

More Pretty Views

See the little lakes?

Looking up to the summit

Amazing

Another view of the lake where we stopped on the way up the mountain

Just beautiful

What's This Critter Called?

After we started our descent down Mt. Evans, we saw this critter on a rock!  We stopped to check it out.

It was making a very loud noise like it was a whistle!  Very interesting.  Not sure what it was.  Sort of looked like something from the groundhog family!

The Summit of Mt. Evans

The drive up the mountain was only 14 miles and so beautiful!  When we got to the top we spotted a mountain goat wondering around the parking lot!

This crazy guy was trying to feed it a leaf of lettuce

and getting a little closer

and still closer, but the goat didn't want it!

It seemed pretty tame. . . . .

as I'm sure it's around people quite often if it hangs out there at the parking lot!

Caden enjoyed watching the goat even though he was cold!!!

Dennis was trying to get Brett, Karissa and the boys picture with her phone

Looking for something

They had the binocular type thingys for you to look out across to the other mountains

What a view out across there!!

 

There's the real mountain top!  Since we didn't have jackets we didn't walk up there!!

 

For some interesting information click on the picture below!

Wow!!

He's still there!!

 

Rather mangy looking!

And these three got back in the van as it was pretty chilly up there!

Majestic Mountains

What a view!!!