Estes Park

Last Saturday, we ventured over to Estes Park, which is surrounded by Rocky Mountain National Park and Roosevelt National Forest. These both made for a nice drive on Trail Ridge Road although we couldn't go too far once the road was closed for 7 foot snow drifts. The first picture is actually at the end of the day - beautiful sunset. We didn't get to see too many elk but we did come across two herds and Eric got close and personal with one on the golf course. The pictures that are by a lake are the walk we took around Bear Lake, where the scenery was magnificent. The picture of mommy and daddy was taken by Alexis -- took several tries until she finally got the mountain in the picture. The picture of the chipmunk was also taken by Alexis. Alexis finally got to see snow here in Colorado when we reached the road closed sign - she just wanted to "stomp" the snow and throw snow balls off the edge. She was having a grand old time and her pants were soaked on the bottom from "stomping" in the snow but she didn't care. I guess it is time to get a pair of snow pants because Alexis is just waiting for the first snowfall here in Denver so she can build a snowman. We ended a fun day with dinner at a pub and mommy tried an elk steak and daddy had buffalo meatloaf.