Rocky Mountain High

We just returned from spending 6 days in the 

beautiful Colorado Rocky Mountains.

I'm not gonna lie . . . I wasn't real excited with

the idea of camping out for 6 days but that's

what my guys wanted to do so I bucked up

and went along and I'm glad I did!!

We spent the first night at a campground near Aspen.

While headed to our next campsite we stopped

at a picnic area which was the trailhead for a short 

hike up to this waterfall.  We also went over

Independence Pass which makes you feel like 

you're on top of the world

The second night we camped at Turquoise Lake  (below)

with the town of Leadville in the background.  It was

 home to the"Unsinkable Molly Brown"

On Wednesday we made it to our destination of

Rocky Mountain National Park.  Jeff, Julie and

the kids met us there

After setting up camp at the Moraine campground,

 we set out to explore the wonders of the Park

We took a shuttle ride up to Bear Lake

and from there hiked to Alberta Falls

which was awesome!!

Day 2 was a short hike to this place called

the Alluvial Fan.  It was formed when a dam broke

in 1982 sending boulders down the hillside.

These crazy guys took the opportunity

to cool off in one of the pools at the bottom

This is Sprague Lake which had a boardwalk

making it possible to walk all the way around the lake

Meanwhile back at camp, above is the view of Longs Peak

that we woke up to every morning, yea . . . it was tough

Dr J cooking us some pancakes for breakfast, below we're

roasting hot dogs and of course we consumed LOTS of s'mores

The happy campers :)  really, the smiles on our faces say it all . . .

we LOVED Rocky Mountain National Park!!!