Got up early, and the boys went to Rocky Mountains National Park, while the girls went to the Denver Zoo. Since I went with the boys, these pictures are of RMNP.
The park was crowded. We had to park at the Bierstadt Lake trailhead and catch the bus up to Bear Lake. After a quick view of Bear Lake, we started up the trail to three of the "postcard" lakes. The day was dreary and gray, completely overcast, so the photos didn't turn out as well as I like. Here we are at the rock outcropping just above Nymph Lake.
We press onward and upward from Nymph up to Dream Lake. This is where the snow and ice stopped me less than 2 months ago, but this time, the snow was all gone.
Since we still had some time left, we decided to go for broke, and see if we could make it all the way to the end of the trail at Emerald Lake, right at the foot of Hallett Peak. We could, and we did.
Just short of Emerald Lake, we found two bull elk, with impressive racks, resting, oblivioius to the hikers coming within about 20 feet of them.
The girls had a good day at the zoo. After everyone returned to Superior, we all went out to eat on the plaza in downtown Boulder (at a place that served bisonburgers, made from real buffalo), and afterward had a good time walking up and down the pedestrian plaza on Pearl Street. Great day.
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Gorgeous!
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