Rocky Mountain National Park

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The best way to describe this trip is through pictures because when you're in Estes you have 360 degrees of breathtaking views 24/7.

We pulled into our campsite around 2:00 in the afternoon on Friday July 13th. It took about 30 minutes to park, stabilize, hook up, and set up everything up inside the RV. When we finished, we headed straight to the park for our first hike to Gem Lake.


















I know this will sound really lame but I was immediately shocked at how rocky it was. There are just huge rocks everywhere there (I know right, how profound of me to point out the large rocks in Rocky Mountain National Park, geesh).































See what I mean... big rocks, huge.



















Little did we know, the hike to Gem Lake ended up being one of the most strenuous hikes we did because the elevation was quite intense. There were parts of the hike where you felt as though you were climbing up a flight of stairs only the stairs are made of rocks and instead of carefully crafted one-step-at-a-time stairs you find in homes it's like you're taking the stairs three at a time for the length of of about seven flights of stairs. Needless to say, we were thankful to make it to Gem Lake and took a nice long rest up there while taking in the views. It was a great start to our trip!


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