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A Daytona visited the 2nd highest point in the continental US 3 weeks and I posted about it somewhere else, but if you didn’t go there, it’s now here. It’s time consuming to do this, which is why I didn’t post it here as well. My time is really valuable and when parts of my posts are deleted because each and every pic didn’t have a Rolex in it, it leaves me not wanting to post these travelogues there, but instead… here. So… here ya go.

Getting some energy for the hike, Colorado Pizza in a small town off I-70W
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This is making me hungry all over again
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IN Leadville CO, the highest incorporated city in the US
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Where do they come up with names like this for a store? We liked the sign and the sign below ittitle=Cool
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Our bed and breakfast in Twin Lakes CO, right below Mt Elbert, our final goal…
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They built this basement bedroom around this large rock, too big to excavate. They just decorated it instead
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The breakfast area
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The owner built the beds, the pingpong table, the chairs, the whole place. He even shot this Lynx out the front door of the place many years ago
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Here’s our Bed and Breakfast’s outdoor shot, right next to the lake and mtns
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Another view - Ores and Mine B&B
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Me and my buddy on the way to Independence Pass
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Acclimating for 2 nights at 10000′ before our hike on day 3
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Gotta love Colorado vistas
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A Daytona visits Independence Pass
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Looks like Switzerland
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Aspen Groves right before entering Aspen. Didn’t realize it got it’s name from these till we were there…
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One of the largest living organisms on earth. All these trees are from one tree (according to people we met at this rest stop)
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Day 3, on the trail to Mt Elbert. This was taken at 6am
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A daytona gets a workout/
3 hours later the summit is in sight, with very tiny people on top
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Twin lakes from near the top. Very tired, not used to the altitude, but must press on…
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Success - it doesn’t look like the 2nd tallest place in the lower 48 states, but it is here
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At the top… /
Without a person in the pic, you focus on the beauty of the scene, instead of "What watch does that guy have on?title=Laugh
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It’s hard to take a watch pic when people are standing right next to you!
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14440 ‘
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The other side of the top
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It got crowded up there, so I was soon ready to bolt
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Ughhh, it’ll be a long walk down, maybe a couple more pics to stall the process
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Flowers on the way down
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Whoops, I almost forgot, this is a Rolex forum
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My favorite pic of the trip
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I found this blurry Daytona hanging on an Aspen tree. Someone must have left it here.
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Thanks for viewing. This was our 19th state highpoint, with Virginia this past weekend I’m at 20 out of 50 states now. Onward and … upward.

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Mount Elbert has a lot to be proud of: It is the highest mountain in Lake County, highest in Colorado, highest in the Rockies, and second highest in the contiguous United States. But when you ask a non-climber or someone outside of Colorado, nobody has heard of it. However, that抯 their loss, because Mt. Elbert is a spectacular peak and worthy of recognition and respect from all. One of the great things about Mt. Elbert is the relatively moderate terrain to the summit, allowing almost anyone with reasonable fitness to enjoy the mountain and its status.

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