Summer Vacation Part IV
Wednesday and Thursday were spend exploring Rocky Mountain National Park, and all I can say is that being outside in the mountains is exactly what I needed. It did my soul just as much good as my visit with my friend, Deb.
We took a narrow, winding dirt road up the backside of the park, not only in hope of escaping the maddening hordes, but also to see part of the park we bet not many people saw. There were more people headed up that way than we thought, but it was all pretty cool. Everyone just kind of moseyed along, stopping where they weren't blocking traffic to get out, look around, and take pictures.
The weather was pretty nice, until we got to the top. Then a thunderstorm blew in up one valley, and a snowstorm blew in up the valley we had just arrived from. Despite huge warning signs about lightening being one of the major causes of death in Colorado, groups of people were still hiking up the lookout cairn on top of the peak. At 11,000 feet, it's above the treeline, and everyone was exposed.
I expressed my disbelief that people are still hiking around on a bald mountain, with lightening crashing all around them, and the man commented that they weren't very bright. My youngest responded, "But they will be, soon!"
Snowstorm over the appropriately-named Never Summer Mountains:
One of the gorgeous Alpine Lakes we hiked to:
We didn't get a chance to explore nearly all that we would have liked to, so another trip is definitely in the works.
We took a narrow, winding dirt road up the backside of the park, not only in hope of escaping the maddening hordes, but also to see part of the park we bet not many people saw. There were more people headed up that way than we thought, but it was all pretty cool. Everyone just kind of moseyed along, stopping where they weren't blocking traffic to get out, look around, and take pictures.
The weather was pretty nice, until we got to the top. Then a thunderstorm blew in up one valley, and a snowstorm blew in up the valley we had just arrived from. Despite huge warning signs about lightening being one of the major causes of death in Colorado, groups of people were still hiking up the lookout cairn on top of the peak. At 11,000 feet, it's above the treeline, and everyone was exposed.
I expressed my disbelief that people are still hiking around on a bald mountain, with lightening crashing all around them, and the man commented that they weren't very bright. My youngest responded, "But they will be, soon!"Snowstorm over the appropriately-named Never Summer Mountains:
One of the gorgeous Alpine Lakes we hiked to:
We didn't get a chance to explore nearly all that we would have liked to, so another trip is definitely in the works.
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