Pining for another adventure!

     Hey, it's Ty with yet another adventure that Kelsie and I were lucky enough to take to San Isabel, Colorado.

This is the sort of view we saw all the time, while hiking.

Our time there began with amazing drive up to about 8300 ft to Kelsie's Aunt and Uncle's lake house. Bob and Cindy were kind enough to let us stay there for about 5 days and they were right next to the lake.

Once I stepped out of the car my senses were taken to another place.

• The view of this amazing lake nestled in a valley with birds and trees everywhere
• The smell of cedar, pine, and fish brought me instantly to nature
• The sound of hummingbirds whizzing past and trees rustling in a light breeze
• The feeling of cool air and being in a place so close to nature and the disconnect from civilization

We participated in many activities but the one we did every day was sit on the porch of the lake house and looked down upon Lake Isabel.

This is a view of the lake we could see everyday from the Lake House

Lake Isabel had the views and activities that made the week full of activities that amounted to mostly exercise. We canoed and chased these ducks around the lake but nothing crazy so we didn't flip over.
Kelsie's cousin Lillie and I biked around the lake and we also walked around the lake. If you ever want to visit the lake then here is

The black square in the first picture stands for the general area of San Isabel and the zoomed in portion is where we stayed.

The first and second day we all went ATVing around many beautiful places. Here are a few more pictures:

This is an old abandoned cabin at Marion Mine, Kelsie and her Uncle Bob went and visited this remote place.

A great capture of the high views on another trail that we took with the ATV with Bob and Cindy on day 2.  

After coming back down to a place where there is no cell service we had no choice but to hike a few trails that later turned out to be fantastic finds. The very first hike had the plan that we would run into some magnificent natural water slides/ After a little bit of difficulty to get around some of the rocks and stream; we made it to our destination.

The water slides started out what to be a huge rock that got carved out by the running water. It now makes for a fantastic ride down where you end up falling off the edge of a steep fall...okay maybe not steep.

As Kelsie shows the perfect form (because you're frozen in the form you start in) she ends up right there in the bottom pool that is very easy to escape.

Kelsie and I were completely safe (other than hypothermia) because there were 2-3 year old children that made it there with their parents and everyone was having a great time.

After that day we decided to go hiking again the next day and on a trail called Second Mace Trail. It's called Mace because of its treacherous hills and loose dirt. The combination of altitude and steep hills created hard times for Kelsie and I but some wonderful peace and serenity.

This is Kelsie admiring her accomplishment 

This is her celebrating her time after finishing that crazy climb

Lastly, we had to go to the main tourist site that is only about 3 miles away from the lake house. Bishop's Castle was built solely by one guy by the name of Jim Bishop. He actually built it up to 160 foot tall.

Kelsie actually took this picture from 30 feet in the air. It is incredible that this was built by one person. 

He was financially supported by many and he also used his space for memorabilia. Those glass windows have anniversary, death, and birth dates on them. 

I did not want to go up any higher than about 1/2 way because of the fact I was too scared to. Some of the parts looked dangerous at that height and that stopped me from going higher.

Before I sign off, I would like to thank Bob and Cindy for their wonderful hospitality and great guiding. I will finish with me celebrating the water slide finish!

YES!!! Thanks for reading!