Ah, the reds and greens of Lory State Park

My favorite pic of the day.

If you ever get a chance to visit Lory State Park, do it! We went on a whim at the tail end of our Memorial Day this year. We had scooped up the two youngest grand-kids with the intention to take them swimming at Boyd Lake State Park, north of Loveland on I25. Which we did. Then, once we were done, we decided to keep cruising north to Lory.

Folks, you'll want to GPS it. Gary drove and I wasn't paying attention to anything but the scenery.

Horse-tooth out the window. Check out the mirror image!

So, on we went, just past Horse-tooth Reservoir, which is gorgeous, BTW. I had never seen that either. Maybe that's a trip for another time. It's a long and winding, but highly scenic road to Lory. No one was sleeping for sure. Incredible views!

There are also some green hills like this at Lory. It's a nice contrast.

 

One of the things I absolutely love about Colorado is the combination of red rock and bright green hills you will see in the spring. So, I was thrilled at the first sight of Lory Park. We really had no idea that it was like that from the pictures in our little Colorado State Parks book. Amazing isn't the word for it. Awesome? Spectacular? I don't know. Nothing seems to do it justice. Hopefully, the pictures show that. I guess they're not too shabby for phone pics.

We hiked up to those red rocks.

 

Anyway.... we were further excited to see that Lory has a small, scenic inlet and easy to traverse trails. Gary and I love to hike, but not all hiking spots are user friendly for me. Now, I believe there are some difficult trails there, too, if you're not chronically ill like me. Don't pity me, please. I hate that. Besides, in this case, my illness was fortuitous. Because the gentler trails run right through those red rocks I love so much.

A piece of the trail we were on.

Now, this is us, so you know we had setbacks, right? First of all, Gary didn't get gas before we got there. He does that a lot you guys. We didn't run out of gas. However, all the time we were hiking, I was wondering if we would make it to a gas station in time once we were done, because I am a chronic worrier. Also, my phone was nearly dead and I had forgotten my charger. I also forgot my camera. So, I wasn't able to get many pictures for you guys.

View of the inlet from top of the trail

My grandson was so cute, though. He had just gotten his first real phone. So he took like a hundred umpteen pictures. I just asked him to steal some but I guess he deleted the ones that I needed in order to clear space on his phone. Not surprising, since he took so many. He's so much like me, you guys. He likes working in the garden too. And yesterday, he informed his older sister that if she wanted money, she was going to have to work for it. Ha ha ha!

Red rock up close and personal

My grand-daughter was busy making movies, as usual. Yup. She's a you-tuber. So maybe she won't have to work quite so hard for the money if she does well with that. She might just make a liar out of us, who knows? Stranger things have happened. And ya, we talk to her. But I'm not her Mom, I'm her Grandma. I give good advice and have fun with her. That's my job. Follow through is up to the parents. LOL

Moss rock on the trail. My phone went dead after this one.

We have plans to go back to Lory before the summer is out and do some real hiking. It was a flare day for me so we didn't go as far as we would have liked. This time, I will nag Gary to fill up the tank closer to our destination. I'll bring the phone charger and the real camera and extra meds so we can do a real hike. Ya, sure I will. Because we're always so prepared.

(You can't see it but my eyes are rolling.)

Meh, that's OK. It wouldn't be an adventure without the mishaps, would it?