September 23, 2006, 10:01pm

I went to the Estes Park to see the Rocky Mountain and the changing colors of the leaves in the fall. So, here's this herd of elks. One elk guy can have a lot of ladies and kids.

It's cloudy and very cold up there. Well, they said it's not yet very cold...

I called it roast duck. Roast duck came to ask for food. Well, it's not allowed to kill them and it's also not allowed to feed them. Anyways, this roast duck probably knows the first rule but not the second. It kept staying with us around the picnic table.

It's very beautiful up there. Probably it will be even better if it's sunny and not as cold. Anyways, I still think Mountain of Heaven and Lake of Heaven in Urumqi is more beautiful. It's not just about the snowy mountains or the lakes.

The people living in that part of China are very tough to survive the extreme weather with limited resources. Many ethnic minorities are still nomads. But here, they have almost everything. It's a comfortable life here, mostly for the rich and retired.