Two Red Hat Ladies. Photo © Jim Doty Jr.

A chance drive through Ferncliff Colorado led to a visit with these two delightful and colorful women. They needed someone to take their picture together in front of some colorful leaves (as if there isn’t enough color in the photo already). They were part of a group of 24 members of the “Red Hat Society” (which these two took delight in calling the “Shady Ladies”) that spent time earlier in the day in the Wild Basin Area of Rocky Mountain National Park.

One of them, now in her eighties, pointed out the cabin in Ferncliff (just across the road from where this picture was taken) that she stayed in when she was in her teens, over 60 years ago. Both of them talked about the mischief they got into when they were young. Somehow I got the impression that their mischief days aren’t over. These two are colorful in more ways than one.

You can learn more about the Red Hat Society at their web site.