Up here in Northern Colorado we got rained out last weekend from hiking to American lakes, but we went back yesterday to try the hike again (more or less). It was a fantastically beautiful day with no rain. Aside from the fact that the hike turned out to be twice as long as what would have been enjoyable, it was still a pretty great day, as I think the photos below show. It's true I forgot to photograph the American Lakes, themselves – but the scenery on this hike is so spectacular, the lakes only become the destination by default.