Blogs from Rocky Mountains, Colorado, United States, North America - page 3

Today we have a full day tour of the Rocky Mountains We awake early and have breakfast at 07:30. The coach picks us up at around 08:30 and we are heading for the Rocky mountain National Park. Pur first stop is Boulder which appears to be a University campus town. We see pleny of "Prairie Dogs" along the way, which appear to be a cross between a stoat and a mongoose. We head for Estes Park, which is at the gateway to the National Park. We stop at the Stanley Hotel, which was the basis for Stephen King’s “The Shining”. The film was actually made in a hotel in California (Much to the annoyance of Stephen King). Although the bar in the Stanley Hotel does look very much like the one featured in the film. We ... read more

Time to hire another car, since I hadn't figured out how to get on a day tour up to the Rocky Mountains. Hiring a car would make it easier, and probably at around the same price too. So just before 8am, I headed down to Enterprise. I hired myself a Ford Focus. Pretty slick car. I had time adjusting to the traffic conditions here; this was Denver and it was a major city. From what I experienced with the traffic here, I had a few more near misses than I normally would. I first made it to Boulder, at the foothills of the mountains. I was getting very upset with my GPS at this point, but eventually I managed to have it lead me to Estes Park, the town just before the entrance to the Rocky ... read more

September 04 Arapaho National Forest-Rocky Mountain National Park-Cheyenne, Wyoming I drove back down the mountain from the dispersed campground and into Hot Sulpher Springs. I decided to do a little exploring and discovered a nice campground called Pioneer Park Campground. I asked how much it was to camp there and they said it was free. So I will keep it in my pocket for future reference. In the town of Hot Sulphur Springs you turn off Hwy 40 like you are going to the Resort and just over the bridge turn left into the campground. It was a pretty nice campground right on the Colorado River…..and free. After exploring Hot Sulphur Springs I drove to the Rocky Mountains National Park. It was awesome and although this is the third time I have been there I was ... read more

I think the photos probably do today more justice than any writing could, so I'll keep it short. We woke early and drove into the national park, parking near Bear Lake (at over 9,400ft). We then trekked up past the Loch in the direction of Andrew's Glacier, although we couldn't quite reach the end of the trail since (a) I was wearing trainers I had bought in Sports Direct for £19, which didn't really have any grip in the soft snow (b) hikers coming down described the top of the trail as 'terrifying', as the snow was beginning to melt especially where the path crossed over the river, and big chunks were falling off. All very Narnian/Pocohantas. We stopped for a quick picnic of bagels (at about 10,000ft, so pretty high) and then headed down, taking ... read more