Day 3 - Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park

 Today we had a short travel day and made it to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. We were able to get a reservation at Estes Park RV Park at Mary's Lake for two nights which was right down the street from Kaleb and Amy's condo. 
We finally made it to a destination!    
This is our route from North Platte, NE to Estes Park, CO

This is our first view of mountains. 
Everything has been flat up to this point. 
The driving changed dramatically the closer we got to Estes Park, CO. 
The kids were excited to see the view!
The Rocky Mountains!
This is our view for the next two days. 

Once we got settled into our campsite Madison and I decided to go for a run. She has challenged herself to run at least a mile every day in June. It was the toughest mile I have ever ran. It was very hot...93 and I discovered we were at 8500 feet of elevation! 


The view from inside the camper.

After our run, we met up with Kaleb, Amy, Jonah, and Kaleb's dad to head into the park. They have a timed entry system that you need to get tickets to enter the park, either early or you can hop on the internet at 5:00 pm the day before you want to go and try to get a pass. After 3 pm you can enter one of the entrances without a pass, so we waited until Jonah got up from his nap. 
Our first National Park! RMNP
So glad we could meet up with Amy. 
As a 4th grader, Dylan gets a free pass into the National Parks. 
He was excited to get his pass. They asked him if he would let his family come into the park with him:)

Our first hike was to Alluvian Fan Falls
Alluvian Fan Falls
The boys...Jonah wants to be down and on the go!
Jonah is a great little hiker. 
The hike was short and allowed us to see some pretty sights right off the bat.
Dylan with views of the Rocky's.
The boys again!
Cousins!
Dylan trying to photobomb us. 
Family photo in RMNP.
Jonah is a ball of energy and a mini Amy!
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Jonah wanted to ride in the camper with us to the meadow to see moose.
He is just like his cousin Augie, and loves to sit in the driver's seat. 
Our first moose sighting!
A female on the other side of the pond. 
He decided to start moving upward so we decided to leave!
Jonah was so happy to ride in the camper. 

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