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On Labor Day, many of the attendees of the 2006 Colorado Guy Festival spent the day
in Rocky Mountain National Park. We mainly drove through the park, beginning at the southwest
entrance, and spent time at the main visitor center and almost every overlook on Trail Ridge Road.
The mountains in the adjacent photo is the Never Summer Mountain Range. What a name! :p) |
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Three photos from the main visitor center. In the top photo,
notice the road on the left - that's Old Fall River Road which is a very scenic way to reach
the top from the Estes Park side. I actually took that route when I visited this park with my younger brother in 2002
and made three pictorials: RMNP Scenery, Old Fall River Road, Lawn Lake Alluvial Fan Flood Area.
Bottom Photo: I zoomed-in on some elk happily grazing away down in the canyon. |
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From the Alpine Visitor Center, we walked on a short path that leads to a great view of the mountains. Tote (top) and I were some of the first few in the group to make it to the top. Nick and Laura (left) were visiting from Great Britain
and had a great time. The group photo (right) came out pretty well and I had Scott snap
a photo of me (bottom) that looked pretty ding-dang scenic! ;) |
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Laura and Nick were very enthusiastic about eating American food,
which they said was a lot "more fun" than British food. Here they were having their first ever chili
dog which they thoroughly enjoyed! :) |
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We then spent a few hours slowly traveling along Trail Ridge Road, arguably one of the most scenic roads in all of America. A large part of the road is above timberline at approximately 12,000 feet in elevation. |
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Although the positioning of the sun made this photo unclear, the views like this one
to the southwest were awe-inspiring. Amazingly, Kansas Kelly snapped a photo of Scott, myself, Paul and Rhonda (bottom) gazing out at the view. |
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More views inside Rocky Mountain National Park.
Here are some of my other scenic Colorado pages:
Great Sand Dunes National Park
Mt. Yale Hike
Independence Pass
Dallas Divide
Ouray/Telluride
Chaffee County |
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Keema found a really fuzzy bug that kept her occupied for awhile. ;) |
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One shot of Longs Peak, which is the mountain that is on the Colorado state quarter. |
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At one overlook, Dr. Jon and Kelly were having some fun.
I also got a view of the beautiful green valley that is known to be a great area for spotting elk and wildlife ... |
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... And we were not disappointed! :) |
