Tour through Central Colorado

After finishing Camp Rio and sending everyone back home, 
we decided to take a "vacation" ourselves, 
and tour a small part of Central Colorado.

We packed up the van and headed to Dillon Lake.
It's close enough for a day's outing from the city of Denver, right off IH 70.
It's close to many of the ski areas:  Copper Mountain, Keystone, Arapahoe Basin, and Breckenridge.

So, this is what you might expect to see:

( I got this off the internet, 'cause of what happened below)


We camped at the National Forest, on the other side of the lake from the marina, but took a bike ride there.
Lots of boats are docked and kayaks & paddle boards to rent. 

But we had to hurry along: rain was on it's way. 

It didn't start pouring (fortunately) till we got back to the camp, but it rained for hours. 

Finally, just before sunset, a little sunshine came out...

enough to snap a picture.

And, by 7 AM the next morning, this is what we saw out our window:

kayakers already out on the water.....
and a dog with an expression on his face, telling us it was time to get out and, please, have some fun!