Seeing Through Outdoor Eyes

When the Big Horn Sheep are on their way back up the mountain after a day’s grazing of our (and our neighbor’s) grasses and plants, they usually walk right by our bedroom window. Of course I grabbed my camera and starting shooting away. This ram just stood there like a sentinel, watching his flock with one eye and watching me with his other eye. They are just so beautiful and amazing to see them only a couple of  feet away.

Every time I go over to the Elkhorn Lodge I see Gus with all of the horses. Gus is a donkey and I thought he was just an “extra” and didn’t really have a home so he hung out with the horses. I didn’t know that many people who have horses also have a donkey to scare away the bears, mountain lions or other predators when needed. I guess Gus can get pretty feisty when he needs to! He’s always been so cute, just hanging out in the corral with all of the horses. Little did I know that he has a real job too!

The first night of “Savor Estes Park” was a blast! It was so much fun to see so many people walking around town, smiling and having a great time! It was fun to hear what all of the other restaurants were serving and where everyone had been. We didn’t get to visit all of the 24 participating restaurants, but we did stop in to as many as we could just to say hi and see how they were doing! Everyone was having fun! Some restaurants served over 250 meals. Boy, were they surprised at the incredible turnout for the first night! The line for the Estes Park Pie Shop & Bakery was out the door…as usual! We met our friends, Sandi and Don at DeLeo’s Deli to see what Tom was serving. Here’s a picture of us enjoying our chicken salad sandwich, Zorro’s Brew (soup to die for!!), a carrot cake muffin and a soda. It was delicious! Thank you, Tom, you did it just right! Going to DeLeo’s Deli is an experience in itself…the food is scrumptious but the owner and his dry sense of humor make it  an awesome place to visit! Just be prepared to laugh…

Many of the restaurants change their menus each week which makes it a lot of fun! If you didn’t get to Savor last night, you still have 3 more Thursdays in March from 4:30-7:30 to come out and  have a great time!

I happened to look out the window yesterday and saw the Big Horn Sheep coming down the mountainside right by our house. There were about 10 of them. I got my camera, ran downstairs and happened to catch them outside our guestroom window, eating  the grass in the back of our house. This guy was about 2 feet away and so cute. He just kept looking up at me. I kept shooting away through the window, but I think I got a pretty good one. Isn’t he just adorable?