Before the hike
Before the hike
Originally uploaded by ucitysoccer.
We went up to Estes Park, Colorado to hike in the mountains and have a day of fun outside. We started at Basecamp (Uncle Howard’s home) and then made our way up into the Rocky Mountain National Forest. It was fun climbing the rocks, stepping over all of the wild flowers and elk poop, seeing real elk and at the end finding an elk carcass. See a lot of photos on my flickr site with the tag EstesPark.
Wow! We are doing the same thing for our vaca in July! Minus the carcass, hopefully! Have any tips or suggestions for us? This will be my first time in Colorado.
Take good boots for climbing &/or hiking. Remember that it is cooler up high in the mountains. Drink lots of water becasue it is dry out there. (They complain when the humidity reaches 40%.) Don’t be in a hurry, you might miss the best stuff.