Blogs from Estes Park, Colorado, United States, North America - page 2

From Denver, we traveled to Estes Park for the wedding of our niece which took place at the Overlook Ranch beautifully situated on the outskirts. In the quaint town of Estes Park, there are lots of shops and eateries and even ghost tours at the Stanley Hotel where The Shining was filmed. On the last day in the area, we traveled the Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. Our intention was to drive through the park after the weekend until we learned the road was closed annually to through traffic until Memorial Day and was only open to Rainbow Curve. With a change in plans now necessary, we drove as far as the closure point to enjoy whatever was available pre-season in the park.... read more

Beautiful sunny day in Rocky Mountain National Park today with temperatures in the low 70s in Estes Park and in the low 50s at 12,000 feet in RMNP. Did some short climbs up trails to sit on top of rocks and watched a lot of wildlife and amazing scenic mountain views. We saw more Elk on this journey than we have in the past. At night we went to the Senior Rodeo at the Estes Fairgrounds. Watched bronco and steer riding, all kinds of ropping, mutton busting (kids holding on for dear life aboard a sheep), and barrel racing. The horses and riders were amazing.... read more

Our destination today was diverted from Grand Junction to Denver to drop off the damaged rental car. It's about a 6 hour drive so we had plenty of time to watch the scenery, movies, and work on summer school packets! Silverton is along the journey so we stopped in town to watch the train pull in and grab some good ice cream. Feeling better with a new vehicle that doesn't have wind blowing thru the plastic on the window. From Denver we headed to Estes Park just in time to check in to our hotel and call it a night.... read more

Geo: 40.3761, -105.524When I was first "planning" this trip back in March and April, I figured that I would spend some time on the front range of Colorado (Denver, Boulder, etc - where the plains meet the mountains), and then take about three months to go southwest, up thru the northwest and into Canada, down into Montana and Idaho, across the upper midwest to New England, down the eastern seaboard, tromp through the south, and possibly even make it all the way back to Reno in time for Burning Man. And here I was, Burning Man already just a memory, and I had not made it further east than Denver - my starting location.After a couple days in Reno to recoup, clean, sleep, and blog, I lit a fire under my ass to get moving eastward ... read more

Family Vacation for 2011 is just around the corner. This year all of us get to go! Well excluding the dogs and cats. All places should really be pet friendly. Well maybe not all the pets. The dogs would be a blast though. So this year we aren't venturing very far from home. Just a little drive up to Estes Park. But we did something new this year and rented a house. Which is working out rather well so far. With 3 bedrooms we all get our privacy. I believe it has a couple of bathrooms which will be great. The feature we like best though is the hot tub and over sized hammock. :) Well I'll keep you all updated as we go. Pictures as they come. ... read more