The Mountains
After an exciting first day in Denver, we headed into the mountains to take advantage of Colorado’s defining feature. Rocky Mountain National Park ended up being an unusually busy spot, and we had to fight hard to find places to park the rental so we could get out and explore.
We hiked around Sprague Lake, Bear Lake, Alberta Falls (pictured), and drove up to nearly 12,000 feet at one point to the alpine tundra. The views were understandably breathtaking (both literally and figuratively at that altitude). It was a treat to point a camera in any direction and nail the frame without much effort. I don’t think there’s anything more picturesque in nature than mountains.
After a long day in the mountains, we ended up spending $5 to go into an over-100-year-old amusement park that looks like it hadn’t been updated in 60 years. They were weird about photography there, restricting us to only using our phones for images. At one point, I was told not to even use my phone. Luckily, I got what I wanted and they didn’t make me delete any of them. I’ll probably go through those at some point and put them online. It was a truly special place that I’m still in shock exists.