Day 3 and 4

On day 3, we left Cripple Creek and drove up to Pikes Peak. Again, the aspens on the way up the mountain, were beautiful. Once we reached the top, the sky was a beautiful blue and clear. That was the first time we had been on Pikes Peak when the weather was at it's best. After leaving,Pikes Peak, we stopped in Englewood, Co., and had a nice visit with Donna and Jim(Pat's parents). We stayed there about 3 hours, which is norm for us, when it comes to visiting. We are not like our parents who would stay for hours and days and then leave. After leaving, Englewood, we went to BlackHawk, CO., and spent the night at Isle of Capri. We walked around and played slots for a while and while visiting the Rivieria Casino, I won $250, which was a great surprise to me. It was on a quarter machine. After a good nights rest, we got up this morning and drove further into town and walked the streets for a little while and left heading towards Estes Park, hoping to see elk in town by McDonalds, like we have seen before, but guess what, an Elk Fest was going on in town and no elk were to be found. We later left town and drove through Rocky Mountain Natl. Park. We saw some elk when we entered the park and then no more until we left. They we having a controlled burn in the park, which was a first for us, so that was rather interesting. We saw more beautiful aspens, a few snow flakes, rain and a little snow on top of the mountains. We then drove to Steamboat Springs for the night. Tomorrow we are going on to Salt Lake City for a visit with Billy and family for the weekend.