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Thursday, 9 July, 2020 Because of the COVID19, you have to make a reservation to enter Rocky Mountain National Park. Our entry time was 12 noon, so we enjoyed a leisurely breakfast before neatening up the camper and then heading to the park. Rocky Mountain NP was, as usual, gorgeous. We were lucky to spot a couple of moose just a few miles into the park. Actually we first spotted a carload of people standing on the side of the road pointing and taking pictures. They were nice enough to point out the moose to us. Kerry still didn’t enjoy driving the steep and winding roads, but without the camper was a bit more relaxed. We found a patch of old snow near a pull off and Timmy was so happy to be able to throw ... read more
Rocky Mtn NP
Rocky Mtn NP
Rocky Mtn NP


Wed, 8 July 2020 So Saturday, while we were staying in from the beach, I managed to reserve us a campsite for 3 nights at a national forest campground just outside of Rocky Mountain National Park. The only problem was we would have to leave on Sunday, the 5th. Sunday morning Kerry’s foot was really hurting, so David took him to an urgent care clinic where he was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis. So we finally got on the road around 2. Once we got out of Florida, we were delayed an hour by an accident on I-10 in Alabama. We did manage to get as far as Hattiesburg, Mississippi before stopping for the night. Monday, being out of the habit of camping, we didn’t get on the road until 9:30. We again were delayed by an ... read more
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North America » United States » Colorado » Rocky Mountains September 26th 2019

We decided to get up early and head into Rocky Mountain National Park to 1. See wildlife and 2. Be able to get to the Bear Lake area before all the construction traffic started. So up and out before 7 - that is hard for Donald, especially on vacation. We tried to grab breakfast somewhere but nobody was open. So we grabbed a muffin and yogurt from the gas station and moved on to the park. We arrived at the Bear Lake parking area around 7:30 and achieved our goal of avoiding the construction and traffic. They were still getting set up. I have to wonder what made them choose this time of year to work on the roads. It is their busy time and seems that their process could be more efficient. We opted to ... read more
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North America » United States » Colorado » Rocky Mountains September 25th 2019

Our morning started out cold. We had no hot water for our shower. I don’t mean it was cool, I mean ice cold water. We said something to the desk staff when we stopped by for our sort of continental breakfast. Apparently it was out in the whole building and they were working on it. We got juice and coffee and went back to our room to enjoy cinnamon roles that Donald had purchased from the bakery down the road earlier this morning. The sort of continental breakfast had basically cereal, toast and muffins. Not very hardy. We headed on into Rocky Mountain National Park via the north entrance. We made a quick stop at the welcome center and moved along. We opted for that entrance because a couple of hotel guests told us they went ... read more
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North America » United States » Colorado » Rocky Mountains September 24th 2019

Today is the day we head over to Rocky Mountain National Park. I am excited to be going back there. Not sure what it is, but something about that park just keeps calling me back. But this time I get to share it with Donald. Before we would get to RMNP, we would have a lot of driving to do. We left Montrose and began our way to the park. Our rental car did not have a navigation system, so we used our iPhone for maps and directions. Donald likes Google Maps, so we used google to lead us through Colorado. We learned that google likes to bypass cities and will take you on all the back roads to avoid them. We traveled many back roads on this trip. The backroads eventually took us to the ... read more
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Today was a bus tour day - I'm generally not a fan, but it was the only way to get up and see the Rockies and national park. To be fair, Grayline did an excellent job - a lot of pit stops for pictures and tonsssss of history and fun facts as we drove along. Nice balance. I had to catch the bus at the Ritz Carleton since it doesn't stop at the hostel lol. Waiting at the Ritz was fun - so fancy smancy. While walking to the street I noticed a placard in the cement "Stay hydrated and have a nice day. -Luke" Aw. I quite like that. And so off we went on tour with Marc and Roger - we got a lot of interesting info about Denver itself as we drove out, ... read more
Snow!
Alpine Ridge
Alpine Ridge


Made it to the Rockies! The Mountains are beautiful and the National Park is gorgeous!... read more
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The week following Tamara's wedding we intended to unwind by hiking with our other daughter Rosanna who would be with us until 6 August. Our plans were stymied by constant rain from Sunday, 27 July to Friday, 1 August...a rare event in Colorado where the summer monsoons pass through in a matter of hours most afternoons. With the promise of a bright sunny day on Saturday, 2 August, we made plans to hike in Rocky Mountain National Park and then spend the night in Fort Collins. Linda, Rosanna, Liam and I would go Saturday and Tamara (who had a previous commitment) and Cecily would drive up to Fort Collins on Sunday. She had a job interview for a teaching position early Monday morning (she got the job). Tamara, Ryan, Liam and Cecily would then spend Sunday ... read more
Rocky Mountain NP: Liam and Rosanna walking across a snow field
Rocky Mountain NP: Liam hiking at Trail Ridge
Rocky Mountain NP: Elk herd in the high meadows


Thursday, 26 June, 2014 We awoke this morning to the sound of a leaf blower out in the parking lot and knew right away what was going on. There are several large cottonwood trees in the campground and they have been releasing their puffball seeds. At times the air has been so full of these little cotton balls that it looks like it is snowing. Anyway, they were trying to use the leaf blower to move these giant dust bunnies into a heap so they could scoop them up. After a little while they gave up and just used a push broom. Before the leaf blower started, Kerry saw deer wading down the creek beside the campground, until they got spooked and ran off. We left Manitou Springs and drove to I-25 where we headed north ... read more
Mile High Stadium
Nearing Estes Park
Sean sniffing Ponderosa Pine

North America » United States » Colorado » Rocky Mountains September 1st 2013

Zurück in unserem Basecamp Boulder übernachteten wir wieder eine Nacht bei Kurt und Kyrill und quälten uns am nächsten morgen um sechs Uhr aus dem Bett um bem REI Garage Sale Schnäppchen abzustauben. Darunter für mich ein Zwei-Mann-Zelt und eine Daunenjacke für meinen Bruder Christoph. Dieser hat nämlich einen Job gefunden und als direkt nächsten Schritt einen Flug nach Denver gebucht um uns zuvor noch zu besuchen. Die nächsten Boulder-Tage verbrachten wir in einem südlichen Sektor des Rocky Mountain National Parks namens "Wild Basin". Die Boulderprobleme hier sind so neu, dass sie in unserem Kletterführer gar nicht auftauchen und wir nur über Mund-zu-Mund-Propaganda davon erfahren haben. Der Zustieg gestaltet sich hier auch recht flach und mit 25 Minuten recht kurz. Mit "Mini Dagger" gelang mir hier auch eine v7, wenngleich eher ei... read more
Weg zu unserem Wildcampingplatz
Hamburglar (V8) in Wild Basin
wir kochen meist nachts




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