A family day out exploring northern Colorado! With beautiful weather forecast Noelle, Sierra and I headed up to the Elkhorn Creek Trailhead near Red Feather Lakes again. This time we would be doing a short hike to Disappointment Falls. We had hiked to the falls before, from the Lady Moon Trailhead and during the winter when the falls were frozen. I was excited to see what the falls look like when they are actually flowing.
We hit the trail and immediately we saw a cow that seemed a bit stressed out. It seems she was separated from her calf who we would see a little further up the trail.
We made our way through meadows and mixed forest.
Wildflowers bloomed and the typical Red Feather Lakes rock formations were stunning as usual.
A short distance into the hike we found ourselves at the ruins of a log barn.
From the barn the trail continued west, parallel to Elkhorn Creek and passing more interesting rock formations.
Soon, we were at the falls. They are not the most impressive, but not a disappointment either.
After about 20 minutes relaxing and exploring the area near the falls, we started to make our way back to the trailhead through more beautiful scenery.
Because the hike to the falls had been so short, we opted to head to the nearby Drala Mountain Center to check out the stupa.
From there we headed into Fort Collins for lunch at Young's Vietnamese Cafe.
