We left for Estes Park, Colorado the morning of June 26 and returned the evening of June 29. This was our first time in the Estes Park area and I really enjoyed it. We stayed at the Whispering Pines Cottages and had an enjoyable stay there. Our first evening there we grilled some hamburgers and had a little visitor, a red fox thought our hamburgers smelled awfully good too. We took a few pictures of him but we didn't share our food. We also saw an Elk behind our cottage as well.
The next morning we set out for Grand Lake, Colorado which was 48 miles by way of Trail Ridge road through Rocky Mountain National Park. Neither of us realized we were going to be 12, 183 feet up in the mountains before we reached our destination. For a couple who really don't like heights this was quite a challenge. We stopped at the various places to pull over along the way and finally made it to Grand Lake in early afternoon. The picture below was taken at Alpine Visitors Center. We were told that the poles were used to measure the snow.
The picture below is one taken of the valley below. We did not feel that Grand Lake was as interesting as we were told it was and we didn't stay very long. We did walk a trail that took us to Adam's Falls which was worth the walk to see. Then we took another route back to Estes Park.
On Thursday we walked downtown and enjoyed the River Walk, while we were downtown in the middle of town there is a small triangular park area and there were several Elk and their babies enjoying the grass and the shade. A lot of people stopped to take their picture. The rangers finally came along and sent the Elk back into the woods as it was too dangerous for them to be in town.
During the afternoon we went back to Rocky Mountain National Park to the area called Horseshoe Park which is not very far in to see if we could see a Big Horn Sheep. We were able to see one up on the side of the mountain. We spent the rest of the day checking out things in Estes Park. We had an enjoyable trip, now it is back to our daily routine.
The next morning we set out for Grand Lake, Colorado which was 48 miles by way of Trail Ridge road through Rocky Mountain National Park. Neither of us realized we were going to be 12, 183 feet up in the mountains before we reached our destination. For a couple who really don't like heights this was quite a challenge. We stopped at the various places to pull over along the way and finally made it to Grand Lake in early afternoon. The picture below was taken at Alpine Visitors Center. We were told that the poles were used to measure the snow. 
The picture below is one taken of the valley below. We did not feel that Grand Lake was as interesting as we were told it was and we didn't stay very long. We did walk a trail that took us to Adam's Falls which was worth the walk to see. Then we took another route back to Estes Park. 
On Thursday we walked downtown and enjoyed the River Walk, while we were downtown in the middle of town there is a small triangular park area and there were several Elk and their babies enjoying the grass and the shade. A lot of people stopped to take their picture. The rangers finally came along and sent the Elk back into the woods as it was too dangerous for them to be in town. 
During the afternoon we went back to Rocky Mountain National Park to the area called Horseshoe Park which is not very far in to see if we could see a Big Horn Sheep. We were able to see one up on the side of the mountain. We spent the rest of the day checking out things in Estes Park. We had an enjoyable trip, now it is back to our daily routine.
