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This Labor Day Monday we discovered the absolutely best kept Colorado secret - Jackson Lake State Park. It only took us an hour to drive up to the lake, located 75 miles north east of Denver and 23 miles west of Fort Morgan. We arrived mid afternoon and were surprised to see very few people there.

Russian Olive trees lined the roads. The beach adjacent to the Cove Campground had plenty of sand and shade. The water in the vicinity of the beach was warm and shallow. The scene very much reminiscent of beaches along Dniper. The only difference - instead of Russian and Ukrainian, people spoke English and Spanish. We loved it so much that we would eagerly go back every week. Perhaps we will get a chance to go again next Sunday, if the weather gods smile upon us.

Oh, on the way to the lake, we drove through a nearby grass field. This is where the biggest darned short-horned grasshopper ever jumped onto the windshield - that's him/her/it in the picture. It must have been at least 3" long and had a passenger of its own - the "standard size" bug riding on its head.