and that one thing was to drive a couple hours and then arrive at Rocky Mountain National Park and enjoy it for the rest of the day since we were staying 5 miles outside of the park.
enjoy it we did.
what a wonderful national park. absolutely loved it! we drove all the way through it on trail ridge road from the south west part of the park all the way to the other side. SO much to see... within 10 minutes of entering the park, we saw moose!!! really cool... one was a little young one just grazing on the side of the road... another one napped across the road, and in the distance were the bull moose. the drive was absolutely amazing.. we basically drove over a mountain (you'll see it in the pics)... and they even had a visitor center at the summit, so i got a special stamp that said the elevation and everything. and tons of snow... i know, crazy!!! so much snow everywhere, you could just pull over and plop in a patch of snow (it was really cold... all i had on were my sandals, shorts, and a tshirt... very cold, and toe numbing). being on the summit and in the tundra (the only place the tundra is so accessible in the continental US) was incredible, and the view is beyond words. the weather changed a lot once we reached the summit... clouds rolled in and the wind picked up a ton.
on the way down the summit we made more stops, and some some more wildlife... we saw a couple herds of elk... way cool! and a marmot... those little guys are cool... so fury and cute. deer were plentiful, and we even saw a coyote. the colorado river runs through the park, and there were trails you could hike on along side of it.
afterward, we went in to town at Estes Park (a really neat town) and had dinner and walked around looking at the shops. it was a way more kick-back day than the last few, less driving, more time in one place... good stuff.
oh, and for breakfast at the place we stayed last night, i had the best french toast EVER... it was amazing.
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