Colorado Part 1: The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Screeching

We headed up to Estes Park, Colorado, for a week in August to escape the brutal Texas heat.  One of the best decisions we've made in a long time!  Check out the magnificent views from the back porch of our cabin.  Just sitting on the porch was a real treat.

Grandma, Paw, and BB came along, too.

"Helloooo Coloradoooo!"  (This would be the screeching I referred to in the title ... she went on for a good five minutes.  Screeching is also taking place in the photo above.)

Watching some critters playing below our deck.

Yep, you guessed it.  More screeching (or this may have been squealing; hard to tell).

Max was a bit more relaxed about the whole "welcome to Colorado" thing.  (At least until he encountered certain terrors of the wild otherwise known as chipmunks and butterflies.  To be continued ...)