Difficult is Cool

If life could always be this “Difficult”.  Soft, easy, quiet, peaceful, beautiful and loving.

To be clear, we brought the love, but it rested easy at Difficult Campground.

About 5 miles outside of Aspen, and a bike trail that runs the distance between the two.  Our favorite kind of trail.  Light gravel running along the river, through greenspaces and just enough trees to provide shade.  And we made good use of the trail.  

We enjoyed the “rustic” side of camping too.  Don't get me wrong, we weren't sleeping on the ground, but we were in a secluded site with no hookups.  The type of site we would not have been able to use without the solar upgrade this off-season.  A site completely surrounded by trees and the sound of the river.  Not another camper in sight.

Bacon and eggs on the griddle this morning. Burgers over a campfire tonight.  Pancakes on the griddle tomorrow morning.

  [Side Track]

Pancakes on the griddle in the morning! Thank God I'm a country boy.

My Lovely just wrote a footprint about John Denver and I've got him on my mind.

  [Back to regularly scheduled programming]

This afternoon, after we finished the John Denver Park, My Lovely gave a list of options for the afternoon activities.  I chose the one that involved relaxing at the campground, a bite of ice cream,time to read our books and  a short walk over to the river that has been supplying the sound effects for this part of our trip.

We walked over with a bottle of water and a couple of apples to enjoy as we took in the river.  What we ended up doing was going back to get our camp chairs so that we could sit here for a few hours, write a few more footprints and then read our books.

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