ESTES PARK, COLORADO

We just moved to Colorado earlier this year, so we explore our new state every chance we get. There is SO much to see and do here, it blows my mind! We just got back from Estes Park, CO, where we had a fantastic 4th (and 5th) of July. My Parents were here for a long weekend; after a Rockies game, a quick jaunt to the Royal Gorge, a trip up to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park, and a 2-hour drive home which turned into about a 4-hour steep, mountainous (terrifying for me personally!) drive (thanks Husband), I feel like we have seen about half of gorgeous Colorado now! 

 { Downtown Estes Park }

 {The Stanley Hotel ~ Stephen King wrote "The Shining" here. 

Coolest hotel ever by the way! }

 { Dream Lake was our reward for a 2.2 mile hike in Rocky Mountain National Park }

{ Waterfall in Rocky Mountain National Park }

 { Shops at Downtown Estes Park }

 { Still plenty of snow at ~12,000 feet, up near the Continental Divide }

 { Elk at Rocky Mountain National Park }