On Monday we spent the day at Rocky Mountain National Park. Alec wasn't impressed with the energy bar but had one anyway. He was getting a bit winded at the start of the hike up the Ute trail on the continental divide.
One of the most cool parts of the trip. Walking up the switchbacks we turned the corner of one and came face to face with this fairly large elk! We were originally a little closer than this picture but backed off to sit on a tree stump and observe. I wasn't sure if this guy was protecting a herd or not. I think that those antlers would hurt! It ended up that there was no herd but another male elk just a little behind him (you really can't see in this picture). We just sat a while until he decided to move. He took his time...
Heading up to the top, this is one of the views. We were still below the treeline but were hearing some thunder. We kept our eyes to the sky as we pushed on.
Here is where we stopped - well above the treeline and a few degrees cooler. There was a lot of thunder around the area. We were tempted to continue on but I wasn't so sure with the lighting threat. This was another of my most favorite parts of the trip. I was at this place before, about 16 years ago, but this time was even better. It was cool seeing Alec enjoy it with me.
Yes, we really were there...
On Monday we spent the day at Rocky Mountain National Park. Alec wasn't impressed with the energy bar but had one anyway. He was getting a bit winded at the start of the hike up the Ute trail on the continental divide.
One of the most cool parts of the trip. Walking up the switchbacks we turned the corner of one and came face to face with this fairly large elk! We were originally a little closer than this picture but backed off to sit on a tree stump and observe. I wasn't sure if this guy was protecting a herd or not. I think that those antlers would hurt! It ended up that there was no herd but another male elk just a little behind him (you really can't see in this picture). We just sat a while until he decided to move. He took his time...
Heading up to the top, this is one of the views. We were still below the treeline but were hearing some thunder. We kept our eyes to the sky as we pushed on.
Here is where we stopped - well above the treeline and a few degrees cooler. There was a lot of thunder around the area. We were tempted to continue on but I wasn't so sure with the lighting threat. This was another of my most favorite parts of the trip. I was at this place before, about 16 years ago, but this time was even better. It was cool seeing Alec enjoy it with me.
Yes, we really were there...
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