These are just some of the highlights of our Rocky Mountain National Park vacation:
- Driving about 700 miles one way and trying to stay awake by listening to books on CD's.
- Driving through the entire length of southern part of Nebraska.
- Driving through curvaceous roads surrounded by delicate rocky mountains.
- Finishing the 3-day planned camping trip.
- Telling ghost stories and playing UNO in the tent while waiting to fall asleep.
- Using a bucket as a commode as we were too afraid to walk outside our tent in the middle of the night for fear of encountering a bear.
- Having a nice mountainous view to see 1st thing in the morning.
- Cooking by using woods and small gas grill. Next time, we'll invest on stove.
- Hiking uphill and arriving in our lake destinations.
- Admiring the beautiful and the mountainous terrain of the Park.
- Shopping in Estes Park for souvenirs and food.
View from our tent.
Dream Lake
Estes Park- Breathing in the fresh, cool mountain air.
- Driving to the comfort station (as we were too fatigued to walk) to wash our dishes and brush our teeth. Next time, we should specify a campsite closer to the comfort station. Bathroom is not the same as comfort station as we learned. Bathrooms typically do not have running water. It is like a port-a-pot. Water stations are usually by the bathrooms but you are not allowed to do any washing there to prevent contamination; it is only for drinking water. You can do dishes in your site but you have to throw the gray water in a designated area, so bears will not smell food.
- Meeting nice people whom we will most likely never see again.
- Surviving a hail storm and learning our lesson to dress in layers and bring a poncho or even start earlier in the day as it storm most likely in the afternoon.
