Once we came down from Trail Ridge we headed into Estes Park to find a place to stay for the night. Strangely, all the campgrounds were filled but not the hostel right in the center of town. Perhaps the hostels availability on a Saturday in the summer should have been a clue to us about the hostel's hospitality. Needless to say, we were spoiled by the hostel in San Francisco but had a good time in Estes Park even though the hostel there was a bit shady.
This morning we got up and with our new friend Emily that we made at the hostel. We headed back up into RMNP to go on a 4 mile hike past three beautiful lakes. The pictures below show some of the beauty! After the hike we headed on the road for the wilds (haha) of Nebraska!!
5 comments:
Ah! Trail Ridge Road freaked me out! I completely understand the sketchiness of having to deal with construction all the way up there (with no rails!!). BUT, it's amazing. I love Estes Park, too!
The stretch from Zion to RMNP just made up my mind, it is time to go home, enough of Virginia. Best of Luck on the home stretch.....
Benno, Phoebe and I just drove Trail Ridge Road in June . . . we took turns driving so one could gawk and one could concentrate on not driving off the road.
And Beth asking for vegetarian suggestions in Nebraska is so funny . . . that's illegal there, didn't you know?
Take care on the road . . . LOVE the tats!
Karen
Whatever happened to Ernie?? Did he survive the trip?? Is he a vegatarian and did they take him hostage? Eaten by bears? Does he have a tattoo too?? Squashed by the hail on the mountain?? Is he heartless because he left it in SF?? Died of heat exhaustion because you wouldn't use the a/c??
Just curious.
Mom
Never been to RMNP; thanks for taking us all along for the ride! The photos are fantastic!
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