We recently took a family trip to our favorite place, Rocky Mountain National Park, to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary. This is the first of several posts where I'll be sharing about our trip. It was incredible from start to finish! I cannot think of any place I would have rather celebrated than in Colorado. Give me outdoor mountain scenery, clean fresh air, hiking trails, and a little snow and I'm a happy girl.
On the plane and heading out.
We flew Guatemala to Atlanta to Denver.
We didn't land in Denver until shortly after midnight. Here's a video of Denver at night.
I love the look of the Denver airport. It was my first time to see it at night. Those tent-like peaks represent both the snow-capped Rocky Mountains and also native American teepees.
arriving at the Denver International Airport
We arrived at our hotel around 2:00 a.m. We were up around 8:00 the next morning for breakfast and to get on the road. I took this photo of the snow-capped mountains from the hotel parking lot as we loaded the car. It was our first glimpse of them on the trip.
We made two stops before making the 1.5 hour drive to Estes Park. The first one was to Wal-Mart for picnic lunch and snack supplies. We then stopped to grab coffee for the road.
arriving in Estes Park
We love this place!
views of Lake Estes on the drive into Estes Park
My favorite Estes Park view!
This was driving towards the Beaver Meadows park entrance.
We stopped at the Beaver Meadows Visitor's Center for a picnic lunch. Ben wasted no time climbing a tree while we made sandwiches.
Our first picnic lunch of the trip.
I love picnics! It's just another thing about national park travel that makes it special to me.
Next, we headed into the park for our first of many hikes. Overall, we hiked 41.3 miles during the trip. I loved every step!!!
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