Rocky Mountain High

Yesterday, Lucy and Josh took me to the Rocky Mountain National Park. It was really breathtaking and I saw 10 animal species (okay, some were insects). I saw Eastern Chipmunks, Abert's Squirrels, Yellow-Bellied Marmots, and lots of Elk. Here are Lucy and I in front of Chasm Falls (we are on the right, under the tree)

And here is the third Elk herd that we saw (really close up)


Here is the Yellow-Belllied Marmot:
And this is a picture of the Never Summer Mountains, not far from some inactive volcanoes in the Rockies:
After we went to the Park, we took a tour of Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory. The machines don't run on the weekend so we didn't see them in action, but we did see the machines and everything. There was a short video about the company and tea production. According to the video, every time the company receives ingredients for a tea blend, a small batch is made to make sure all the teas and herbs are good for mass production. We also went to the Tea shop where they had every kind of tea that the company makes. I got some really good tea called Bengal Spice that has cinnamon, cloves, and vanilla. And Lucy got this nice red square teapot (that drips a little when you pour the tea out). Today, Lucy and I are going to the Six Flags to ride some roller coasters. Lucy, in our classic family fashion, has planned out menus for my entire stay. Yesterday we had foccacia-chicken sandwiches for our picnic in the park and then we had Cornish game hens for dinner last night. Despite Lucy's worries, the game birds were both done and delicious. And tonight, we are having stroganoff.

King of the Hill Quote:"An F3 tornado will drive an egg through a barn door, two barn doors if one of them is open"-Dale Gribble
Bonus Quotes: "Tornadoes are like the end of days, the soft shall be driven through the hard and the strongest of men will become like a women of average strength."-Dale Gribble
"Mega-lo-mart has everything and a whole lot more so maybe just maybe, they'll have fruit pies."-Bobby Hill