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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Colorado Trip Part IV


This day of our trip was our favorite.  We drove north to Estes Park.  It was BEAUTIFUL!!!  We spent the day hiking and driving through the mountains.

We could only go up the mountain so far because there was too much snow at the top

this was a scenic outlook closer to the top.  It was very cold!
there were lots of chipmunks at this scenic outlook that would come right up to you

Then it started snowing hard!!!!  

We drove back down one of the mountains and took a hiking trail back up.  This was so much fun!  It was a great day for hiking.  We hiked for about 3 hours.  The kids have walking sticks to help them.  It was easy to lose your footing.

We would come to points along the way that have breathtaking scenery.  Of course we had to snap pictures!  The pictures don't do it justice, though.  We had panoramic views in real life and the camera doesn't do a good job showing the depth.

Brian and Jack's "cave"

Adam and the girls holding up a rock so we could pass

so pretty with the huge rocks along water.

The whole fam next to the water.  The water was so cold!

He had a great time throwing rocks
here is the lake!


posing next to the water

sometimes the trail would come very close to the edge.  We had to make sure and hold the littles' hands during these places.  It very a little scary!
Jack did so well with all the hiking!  I was impressed!

one of my favorite pictures.  I love the sun coming through the trees in the background.

After we hiked (and got a little lost), we drove back up the mountain to find Bear Lake.  It was a lake in the mountain which is really cool to me!
the lake was surrounded by snow.  They are freezing at this point!!!  
Jack eating a snow ball


We encountered a lot of wildlife along the way.

not that we had to go far for that, seeing that deer were right there in the back yard!




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