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Sunday, August 23, 2015

Rocky Mountain National Park Camping Trip (Aug 14-16)

We went camping in the Moraine Park campground.


The view from inside the camper: Long's Peak

The set up--it started raining




Just because it's raining doesn't mean you can't roast marshmallows


Okay... so we stayed near the amphitheater. And wouldn't you know it, Ruby was REALLY pumped to go see the presentation. Friday's presentation: Wildnerness, Wildlife and Wonder: Rocky Mountain Park Celebrates 100 years as a National Park
She even brought a blanket and some snacks

We had really good seats... we didn't even have to scalp tickets

Scout was slightly less thrilled to be there
 Saturday morning: Breakfast followed by a slew of shuttle buses so that we could hike up to Dream Lake





At Nymph Lake




Enjoying her snack

This bird is apparently quite the guy


Clark's Nutcracker







These girls loved torturing me with my fear of heights

At Dream Lake





Finding a zen moment



At Bear Lake

Waiting for the shuttle
 On Saturday late afternoon, we drove into Estes for some ice cream and brought home pizza for dinner (this is an aspect of camping that I had not yet experienced... I really liked it!)
In Estes Park


Lookin' cute with some chocolate on her face
On Saturday night, Ruby tripped (she would lovingly say, "Dad tripped me," when pointing to her skinned up knee in the future--not EXACTLY how it happened, but still...), so we called it an early night. At least some of us did. Cory went to the presentation at the amphitheater on watersheds.








 On Sunday, we went home. Until we meet again, RMNP!!!

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