I made it to Keystone

I made it to Keystone tonight, after dropping Jose off at the airport and wallowing in self-pity for a bit. I’d just gotten over the fact that I’m now going to be alone for the next few days when I checked in to my hotel room and found out that I’ve been upgraded — to a one-bedroom condo. All this room and all these amenities! And it’s only me.
Camping was lovely, despite some gloomy weather Friday and Saturday. We didn’t end up trying for Mt. Audubon today because we didn’t get up early enough (“we” really meaning “me and Jose”) so the four of us went up to Blue Lake instead. It was lovely, and was only 700 feet up instead of the 2700 to the top of Audubon. 😉 I’ll post some photos tomorrow once I get a chance to download them all.
This afternoon as I drove away from the airport I saw a tornado! Only I wasn’t quite sure it was a tornado at the time. It was lighter than all the clouds around it — almost like a sideways S-shaped beam of light coming down from the dark clouds. It didn’t look like any tornado I’ve ever seen on TV. But I later found out that there were tornados east of Denver that delayed Jose’s plane, so it was a tornado! That’s the first one I’ve ever seen. It was very far away, so no worries. I can’t believe I didn’t stop to take a picture, but a lot of other people did — check it out.