July 17 - relax.

We sleep in until 9am (abbie thought it was 11! haha) and have a generally relaxing day.

We acclimatized by hiking with the dogs in Evergreen (just outside Denver). elevation was about 7500 ft.

The Rose family with the Wens

There are a lot of Elk in Elk Meadow Park, Evergreen CO!

bbq dinner and a nice campfire. we almost got persuaded into staying another night - but decided to truck on to Moab - leaving denver around 11:30pm.