Rocky Mountain National Park

How nice it is to be back in the mountains!!  Our day started with a beautiful drive through the foothills to Estes Park.  We could even see the foothills as we headed out as you can see in the picture on the left.  US-36 is a very nice 2 lane road with wonderful scenery.

As we entered Rocky Mountain National Park, what came on the radio but Rocky Mountain High!  How appropriate!!   It's been way too long.  We drove as far as the Alpine Visitor Center, then drove back to Denver to get ready for tonight's concert.  Along the way we took quite a few pictures.   Here are four of them. 

Top Left is looking toward the park from Estes Park.

Top right shows snow on the mountains.

The bottom two show some of the high range.

As we were driving out of the park, we were surprised to see a fox just off the road! Since you can only stop at turnouts, by the time I stopped and walked back to the spot, he was heading down the hill.  But by then he was far down the hill. If you click on picture on the right, look for the white spot in the center.   The only other wildlife we saw were a few chipmunks. 8-)

After visiting the park we had a nice outdoor lunch in Estes Park.  That was until we had an unexpected visitor jump up on our table! No need for zoom on this picture since he was only 18" away!!  

I'm doing a separate post for tonight's concert.   More to come!!