Tue 10 - Fri 13 Sep 2013: Today we traveled to the Gunnison Lakeside Resort (Good SAM) http://www.gunnisonlakeside.com/index.html about 12 miles west of the town of Gunnison. We are enjoying the beautiful Aspen trees in the campground, though they have not turned yellow yet. A local said that the trees are 2 weeks behind schedule for turning. They have had a lot of rain this summer. There are a lot of Hummingbird Moths here around all of the flowers.
The Campground Store
Our Campsite
Campsite Aspen Two Days Later
(There's hope yet that we will see yellow Aspen!)
Campground Flowers with two Hummingbird Moths
We have enjoyed some really nice eating places in Gunnison too: The Bean http://www.thebean.com/store_gunnison.aspx for coffee and bagels; Mario's Pizza and Pasta http://mariosgunnison.com/ for pizza one night; Gunnison Brewery http://www.gunnisonbrewery.com/ for their micro brews; The Gunnisack http://www.thegunnisack.com/ for lunch and dinner where we discovered their wonderful bread bowl of Jalapeno Beer Cheese soup, which was just spicy enough.
Patty H Enjoying Soup at the Gunnisack, Gunnison, CO
Jalapeno Beer Cheese Soup at the Gunnisack, Gunnison, CO
We had an off again/on again rainy day, so Patty and I walked the town of Gunnison and did some shopping. There are a lot of local artists selling their wares, jewelry stores and a lot of consignment shops. I've been looking for a large photo of Aspen trees to hang in our family room, but haven't found exactly what I'm looking for yet.
LarryH took this pic of the sun setting as seen from our campsite in Gunnison, CO
Today we drove up to Crested Butte, CO, which is just north of the town of Gunnison. It's a very artsy town with a ski resort at the top of the mountain. Patty and I enjoyed all of the art galleries and jewelry stores. I've been in search of a large photo of a close up of aspen trees but not a fall pic. Didn't find it there. The guys checked out the local rum distillery - Montanya - and bought some rum.
Beautiful hanging baskets along the street in Crested Butte
Downtown Crested Butte, CO
Montanya Rum, Crested Butte, CO
Montanya Rum Distillery
We had a great trip over to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison today. Weather was great too! Along the way we passed the Blue Mesa Reservoir and took some pics of the beautiful scenery.
Blooming Sage Brush
View from a Campground on Blue Mesa Reservoir
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
We had a few guests during our picnic lunch at the Black Canyon
We were bad and fed them nuts and dried fruit!
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