Total Trip Miles 1975
We traveled through Denver and went north to Rocky Mountain National Park and enjoyed going from the fruited plains to the purple mountains. Angie was singing America the Beautiful the whole way. We are now staying near Estes Park, Co. in Moraine Park Campground, within the national park, with no electricity, water, or showers. The view from our campground is fabulous, with huge mountains all around, including the park's tallest peak, Long's Peak (over 14000 feet). We took a 4 mile hike and saw wonderful views of the snow peeked mountains. Our lungs could tell that we were hiking at 8000 to 9000 feet high. We also saw lots of Elk up close and Mule Deer and a coyote as well. There were about 200 elk in the valley by our campground. The wild animals here are a lot less skittish then the ones at home.
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Approaching the Rocky Mountains
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Longs Peak, 14,259 feet high
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Elk
We can just imagine Angie singing America The Beautiful. We really loved the mountains there.
ReplyDeleteShe will have to repeat the performance if you go up Pikes Peak. LOL MOM and DAD