Tuesday...seventh night out

This is the RV park where we're staying til Saturday morning. It's about five miles south of the Crested Butte Mountain resort where the conference is. It is so beautiful in this area.

This morning we rode the ski lift up to near the top of the mountain then hiked about a mile farther up, but not all the way to the top. It was a little rough at times going up. Coming down was a lot easier, I thought. We just came back down to the ski lift, not all the way back down to the base. That would have been tough.

I didn't take a lot of pictures up there. Too busy trying to catch my breath I guess. Crested Butte is 12,162 at its crest. The resort town is at 9,375. A lot of people suffer with the altitude, but I haven't felt it too much, though climbing this morning left me breathless at times. I recovered quickly.

I was glad for the walking sticks. I think they are ski poles that Jim altered by taking off the bottom circular part. I found it very useful, both going up and coming down.

The RV resort has some nice common areas and a lovely bathroom and shower, but the individual sites themselves are a little tight. It's fine though. And the air...oh my. I won't talk about it too much since I know most of my readers are suffering now in extreme heat but....yeah...