Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Thursday of Vacation-Rocky Mountain National Park

We rode the free shuttle bus from Estes Park into Rocky Mountain National Park. It was a busy day in the park.

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We got off the very crowded shuttle bus at Glacier Gorge to hike to Alberta Falls. It was the first day of our time in Colorado that there wasn’t a forecast for thunderstorms. We did get a little bit of rain but no lightning.

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We then hiked from Alberta Falls to Bear Lake.

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This elk decided to stroll down the path and model for all of us.

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Waiting for the shuttle to take us back to the Park and Ride so we could continue on to Estes Park.

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We headed back to Loveland and had dinner with Eric’s brother Josh and his wife and their baby.

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