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UncleEbeneezer
On our last full day, while Kelly was chilling by the creek, I decided to do a little solo hike to Aspendell and Cardinal Village, which are both just north of Bishop Park Campground.
At the top end of the Bishop Park Campground road there is a lovely grove of aspens. This is where the Camp Host is located. There’s also a creekside trail and a fire road. The fire road leads to Aspendell, a small community of houses in Bishop Creek.
After a short walk I arrived in Aspendell where there are lots of cute homes tucked in amongst the aspens.
One of the roads in Aspendell, adorned with lovely Fall Color.
Rustic house with very scenic yard.
After Aspendell the road turns towards the Cardinal Village Resort.
Cardinal Lodge/Village/Resort is really lovely in the Fall. I do remember seeing some anti-Liberal shit in their store (something referencing Reagan and Galt’s Gulch) a few years ago, but this time I didn’t see anything overtly Trumpy.
Neat little hang out spot.
After the road ends there is a nice trail that goes along Bishop Creek. The whole thing is surrounded by aspens.
Like…LOTS of aspens
And EVEN MORE aspens :)
All in all, I had a lovely little walk. Probably only 2+ miles roundtrip. A great way to finish our trip.
Rusty
Thank you for sharing. The yellow and gold aspens are really compelling.
🐾BillinGlendaleCA
Did you make it up to Lake Sabrina?
Dorothy A. Winsor
You’re right. “Golden” is the only word for it.
eclare
So pretty, thank you.
UncleEbeneezer
@🐾BillinGlendaleCA: No. I got to the point where the trail basically gets back to the road and then I turned back because I didn’t want to be gone too long. If I had started earlier I probably would’ve kept going.
OzarkHillbilly
Very nice, thanx much.
mvr
Aspens really are impressive. The look even more so against the green of the evergreens in several of those photos.
Thanks!
StringOnAStick
The gorgeous golden leaves reminds me of when President Obama came to Golden, CO on a campaign stop when we lived there. It was fall and the cottonwoods plus some aspens were in full golden glory on a perfect sunny fall day. He came to the podium and greeted the crowd, but took a break from his prepared remarks to comment on how beautiful it was and ask the audience how we ever get any work done when surrounded by such beautiful temptation to be outside. That’s when I thought deeply about what the people we send to DC give up in order to do their jobs.
Jager
I hope you stopped into Erick Schatz’ Dutch Bakery!
UncleEbeneezer
@Jager: We’ve stopped there a couple times but the quality never lived up to the hype, imo. And it’ always so damn crowded. We did finally try Jack’s Restaurant, the kind of old-school diner and had an excellent burger for a reasonable price.
WaterGirl
Just stunning! Thanks so much for this series.