http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Colorado , Rocky Mountains en-us Sun, 26 May 2013 07:33:32 +0000 Sun, 26 May 2013 07:33:32 +0000 We have discovered that everything has a drivethru. Why walk to an ATM when you can just drive straight up to oneA 630am rise to have our routine continental breakfast of cereal juice before we hit the road again. Cornflakes seems to be the flavour of our trip. Bree has also discovered coated cornflakes no extra sugar sachet needed. Our scheduled drive today was 5 hours an extra hour http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-766674.html Today is our drive to Boulder Co to stay with my brother Jimmy and his family. Ten hours of driving but what a beautiful drive It is a clear day and the Rockies are gorgeous We start out trying to find some place to view the wild mustangs but find out that the only place would require some off roading and a whole day. We don39t have a day and this car trusty as it has been bottoms out c http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-733257.html Today we have a full day tour of the Rocky MountainsWe awake early and have breakfast at 0730. The coach picks us up at around 0830 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 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-716490.html 3rd May I went swimming and made friends with a 5 year old...we are on the same level4th MayJon took an early lunch so he could drive to the airport to collect his friend Rico who was visiting for the weekend while on a trip to Vegas.After getting very lost we eventually found Rico and took him back to Jons apartment where he promptly fell asleep for a few hours while Jon went back to work http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-714997.html Were in the mountains and winter isnt far away. The temp was 26 during the night and thank goodness we had a site with electric last night the heater kept us from freezing to death. There is frost everywhere outside painting a portrait of what is to come. Oscar had breakfast and went back to bed. We had a quick breakfast packed up and headed off to Rocky Mt. Natl Park which was only 3 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-675923.html Time to hire another car since I hadn39t 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 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-658253.html September 04 Arapaho National ForestRocky Mountain National ParkCheyenne WyomingI 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 t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-646274.html Another long drive bought us to our next National Park The Rocky Mountains. We entered via the west which is the quieter side so it was nice not to be welcomed by a mass of cars well I say cars more like trucks It was quite late on when we arrived and got our bearings but we wanted to do something before we pitched the tent so we went for a walk in Coyote Valley and decided it would be http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-636137.html A road goes nearly around Rocky Mountain National Park that starts down in Boulder thru Estes Park and then over a 12000 summit and onto the west side. The road at 12000 looks down onto most peaks full of snow and glaciers.We thought that wed drive up to the Alpine Visitors Center just past the summit on our last day in the Rockies. A plus is that part way up is a Junior Ranger Headquar http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-628952.html Waking up in Rocky Mountain National Park is a wondrous thing. The Glacier Basin is surrounded by mountains so clouds are over some with other peaks visible. The basin campground has campsites are on of the area with a large glassy area around the entry. A river runs along one end of the campground from the mountains on thru the valley.Kids woke up and informed me that they had already had 2 hi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-628574.html Needless to say after a day of workshops a very boring afternoon I may say I hopped the hotel shuttle for the airport. I didnt have much to eat during the day as there wasnt much gluten free food and I was anxious for dinner and a cappuccino. Security was empty so I rushed thru to get to the food only to find that I was on the far end of the airport in a very small wing. There was only one http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-627322.html Wed planned to spend 3 days in Rocky National Park but having never been there before were unsure of what exactly we would do. Then in Minnesota Crawford called asking me to please attend a workshop in Dallas they would pay all expenses. This would occur during our Rocky Mt. time. I thought that Dale and the kids could still enjoy the mountains and I could make a quick trip from Denver. When http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-627317.html I think the photos probably do today more justice than any writing could so I39ll keep it short.We woke early and drove into the national park parking near Bear Lake at over 9400ft. We then trekked up past the Loch in the direction of Andrew39s Glacier although we couldn39t quite reach the end of the trail since a I was wearing trainers I had bought in Sports Direct for 19 whic http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-626858.html September 2730 Much as we had hoped so see a number of good friends on the east coast and on a northern return trip from Vermont to Oregon we had to admit that there was no way we could do that with the time we had left. So we flew from Austin to the wedding in Vt then had to return to Austin to pick up our van. This left us just 8 days for travelling back to Portland because our flights back http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-538781.html Now you should've known if there was a casino within a hundred mile radius Tim was going to find it and of course he did. We woke up this morning in Black Hawk CO in the parking lot of the Isle of Capri somewhere around 1030. I was still a little upset because we lost some money last night but I guess I'll get over it since it wasn't that much. It was kinda hard getting ready this morning becaus http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-510145.html These pictures will be out of order but I couldn't help myself.These 3 are for Kristen and Shari two of my favorite people in the whole wide world Love you http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-509287.html Soaking in some hot springsWe had read about several hot springs in the Rocky Mountains and were eager to sample some. We followed the highway 50 through the mountains following the path of the river and through some spectacular scenery to which words cannot explain. Every colour you can imagine not a cloud in the sky clear fresh air and the sounds of birds and flowing water now is the perfec http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-448997.html This morning it was sunny and snowflakes were falling but the sun was soon hidden by clouds. The road that travels around the higher locations of the park Trail Ridge Road from east to west was still partially closed today. So we decided to do some hikes in the area. First stop was Sprague Lake which used to be a resort in the early 1900s. It was a level halfmile walk around the lake. S http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-444507.html Little trip to the Rocky Mountains National Park.Visitinha ao Parque das Montanhas Rochosas. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-442512.html Hiking the Colorado Trail Segment 12 and a quarter Fall of 2009This hike across oneandaquarter segments of the Colorado Trail of the 28 segments between Denver Durango was done on Sept. 2326 2009. Distance covered was about 25 miles. Making up the expedition were John or JJ Terry Nick and Kevon the author here. This was the first backpack by John in almost 7 years and wa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-441027.html