L was sweet enough to drive me up the mountains, as I really needed a fix!!  The roads were dry, and the weather was cold (the evenings were in the 20s, and us without propane heat - just a space heater we would "hibernate" in the bedroom with as we caught up on movies), and the 1st morning it snowed!!!  This is "my" Aspen:

The snow melted that afternoon, and it reached the upper 40s, so we tried our hands at fishing.  Did I tell you that L gave me a real tackle box for Christmas?!  Didn't even get a bite, but it was beautiful!!

Trees are missing - we don't know if it is because of the muti-million dollar homes going in on the lake, or just the cutting down of diseased/dead pine trees from the Pine Beetles.  We only stayed the 2 nights, but it was a great beginning to the season ahead!!!

Enjoy as I did!!!