Mueller Musings

Officially, it is fall!  We've enjoyed several days of fall type weather, and Don even broke down and wore long pants for 3 days in a row!  We need to remember the nights by the fire, all bundled up and drinking something hot, for it will be summer weather again once we get back to Arizona.  Fall comes to Arizona the last part of November and seems like it lasts only a few weeks.

On Wednesday we drove up into the Rockies, to Mueller State Park to enjoy the weather and the turning of the leaves.  The park itself is over 5,000 acres just outside the small town of Divide.  We have camped here previously on 3 different times, but yesterday was just a ride around the campsite loops and wandering around the Visitor Center.

I found it interesting that the first European settlers were supposedly horse thieves who lived in the southern part of the park.  The plaque said that ruins of their well hidden corral could be seen today, but none of us were up to traipsing around the mountain to find where it was.  Don's arthritic knee was already bothering him, and Ron's feet were hurting.  At our age, we are thankful were are mobile and can walk around at the elevation of 9600 feet without too much effort.

I loved the contrast between the dark fir trees and the golden leaves of the Aspen located by the Wapiti Trail sign.  As I drew closer, it looked like Mother Nature had decorated the fir boughs just in time for the holidays with the round, golden leaves dropped from the Aspens overhead.

Ron and Patty stopped to have their picture taken here before we headed back to Woodland Park for lunch. 

Any time spent with nature is time well spent.  How lucky we are to live in the United States and be able to travel to vastly different places along the way.  We're also thankful for friends and family that either travel with us or meet up to camp with us.