What an invigorating hike that was&#33;  I&#39;ve hiked that forest a hundred times, but it&#39;s never boring.<br /><br />Bright sunshine, and a cool brisk breeze.  The mountains looked as though someone had taken a shaker, and lightly dusted them with powdered sugar.  The sky was a deep blue with high cirrus clouds.  It looked as though an artist silkscreened wisps of white paint onto a blue satin backdrop.  The snow was about 1 1/2 inches deep in the shadows, but melted away in direct sunlight.  With the runoff from this newfallen snow, every creek I crossed was running faster than it had been two weeks ago.  I love Colorado. <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/cool.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cool2:" border="0" alt="cool.gif" />