Under the category of ‘it’s a small world’, the lady that we adopted one of our dogs from in Houston just so happens to also have a place near Salida.  She and her husband split their time between Texas and Colorado and we’ve stayed in contact with them over the years since we met.  They were in town last week and they invited us for a hike up by their place to participate in the time-honored CO tradition of viewing the changing aspens.  

The objective for the day was a hike up the little-known (at least to me) Pass Creek trail to Pass Creek lake.  It was an eight-mile round trip on a glorious fall day in the mountains.  

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