Bierstadt adventure

We decided to climb Mt. Bierstadt this weekend.  Given Karla's altitude issues on Quandary, we decided to car camp a mile or two from the trail head.  On our way up Guanella pass we encountered a cow moose and her calf.  Trip immediately worthwhile.  We had fun car camping by playing poker with Ryan using jellybeans for poker chips.
We knew there were storm warnings on Saturday morning, but we didn't expect it to rain all night.  We may have gotten 4 hours sleep due to the rain on the car and the fact our small car isn't exactly made for sleeping.
We didn't have grand designs to summit given the weather, but when we got to the trail head it looked like it might clear up.  On the way up it was perfect conditions for a rainbow,  stretching all the way across the sky.  Absolutely incredible.  As we got close to the summit a cloud came in and the summit was pea soup as Karla described it.  If you had told us at 4am that we were going to summit...Matt would have said "bullshit".  But we made it!  14,026 feet.