June 2, 2012  - It was to be a rainy Saturday, but we decided to go out hiking anyway.  We went out to Elk Meadow to do an easy hike that was relatively close to Denver.  Elk Meadow ( 39.668548,-105.369201 )  is at the base of Bergen Peak in Evergreen CO.  After about a mile in we noticed that the weather was coming in over the mountain and started running back to the car.  We just made it before the rain really started to come down. 

After Elk Meadow we drove around in the area exploring different areas of the Evergreen, where we stumbled upon Elk and Turkeys.  As we made out way back to Denver we stopped off and explored the Valley area of Denver and did a little more hiking were we saw 3 deer (they were a lot closer than it looks, iPhone is not the best at capturing actual distance).

Turkey on the road near Evergreen, CO

Elk in a valley near a creek

Deer in the foreground, just starting our hike in the Valley

View from our hike in the Valley

View from our hike in the Valley

Map of the Valley were we did a little hiking