Today we played golf at the Estes Park Golf Course. This is the only 18 hole course in the area but its a goody. We played with a couple from Estes Park, Don and Karen. They were both good golfers. The greens are fast and everything breaks away from the mountains. The roughs are like glue; very sticky grass that is difficult to hit out of. The scenery is distracting and there are signs saying you get a free drop out of any Elk droppings.
Estes Park Golf Course
Number 6, Par 5 Dogleg Right
We kept getting badgered by small rain clouds but they had lightening in them. We stopped once and then quit after 10 holes as it looked like more lightening. We were right and by the time we got back to the RV Park and Creme Puff, we had hail. Fortunately, it was small and didn't hurt anything.
While we were playing I asked Don about the wildlife around and about. He did tell me he was cornered in his garage last year by a bull Elk and thought he was going to be killed. But, the Elk turned and fled. Libbo and I finally saw some Elk and they were not where we thought they would be; in the park grazing in a meadow. Instead they were a block from the heart of town of Estes Park! About 10 cows and two bulls. I didn't get a photo because I was driving and the traffic was heavy.
Our neighbors at the first of the week told us this park fills up on the weekend. When we arrived last Monday there were only a handful of campers. They poured in while we were playing golf. Here's a photo of what it looks like now. There are almost 200 campsites in this RV park and all but a handful are taken.
The couple next to us is in a huge RV. They are from Greeley, CO and have three kids and two large dogs, a Golden Retriever and a German Sheppard.
After the rains and hail, we watched a movie, read and took naps. Lib cooked a great dinner and we stayed up until 9:30pm!
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