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In September the aspen trees turn color to gold, and the elk are bugling. South Fork and Buena Vista are both great suggestions with great fishing.. I would add Estes Park because it is right on the edge of Rocky Mountain National Park, and it is almost guaranteed that you guys will have a chance to see and hear bugling elk. Summer crowds are gone. Fish Lily Lake and catch a greenback cutthroat. Lots of cabins around Estes Park. Then you could drive over Trail Ridge Road and be in the beautiful upper Colorado River valley near the towns of Grand Lake and Grandby. Grand Lake is very scenic, cabins available.. If she is healthy and spry and you go down to South Fork on the Rio Grande River, you will be close enough to Durango to go there and ride the narrow guage railroad up to Silverton. Spectacular trip. Not sure what the schedule is like for that train ride in September. If you ride the train, book well in advance and choose the bus ride back to Durango instead of seeing the same trip again going back....makes for a much shorter day. Please, make sure she has OK cardiac health before driving over the high passes. Another great place in September is the Glenwood Springs/Aspen area because it is in-between season. So many choices. Great fishing in every destination listed in this thread. Hard to choose. The Estes Park/Grand Lake loop is much closer to Denver than South Fork/Durango, which is in the SW corner of the state. If her doctor says altitude is a big issue, Estes Park by itself might be your ticket because you don't have to go over a pass to get there. As far as that goes, Buena Vista and Salida on the Arkansas fit that bill if you take US 50 up the Arkansas River from Pueblo. The Ark fishes great in September. Hoppers and nymph droppers. No high pass you have to drive over.

Sorry about all the choices. Check out the chamber of commerce sights for these communities, and see what you think.

Corey, with kids that age you might think about Snow Mountain Ranch. It is a YMCA family resort between Winter Park and Granby, Colorado. You can rent a "cabin" translate house there, and have access on the resort to horseback riding, an indoor pool, roller skating and gym, and lots of on the property hiking and biking. http://www.ymcarockies.org/home/our-locations/snow-mountain-ranch Close to the back side of Rocky Mountain National Park.Close to North Park and the Colorado River for fishing. . Should be a lot less expensive. There is also a YMCA family resort in Estes Park, but I don't know anything about it. You might also check out flying into Denver, then renting an RV for a week. There is a very nice KOA campground north of Durango that would make a good stopover for a couple of days. If I think of more, I will let you know.