There was hope though when we spied the Rockies far off in the distance at the mid morning point
After skirting around Denver, Dean found a nice yarn store in Longmont, CO for me to explore. We loved the downtown area and enjoyed walking Main Street and finding gems like...
The Longmont Yarn Shoppe (dumpling bag by binkwaffle, yarn by MJ Yarns - in the limited Stephen West colorway!, gauge ruler by Ann Budd)
Scrumptious Ice Cream
and that adorable courtyard
After ice cream and a quick book store stop, we were off for our campsite in Rocky Mountain National Park. We snapped a few pictures on the way to Estes Park, CO
Tucker is a huge fan of getting his picture taken at park signs too!
We made a few stops to check out the scenery on the way to our campsite at Glacier Basin, which we obviously made into a Chevrolet commercial with our Colorado in Colorado. That is Long's Peak in the distance, the highest point in the park at 14,000+ ft elevation.
While we were enjoying our evening snack a deer came up behind our campsite and enjoyed the quiet of our spot. Our campfire was spot on with nice dry wood and burned down pretty quickly before we went to the ranger talk for the evening.
Overall a pretty fantastic day, with only a few snafus from the house in Berryville, which will be resolved shortly.
What We Learned: Today during the evening ranger talk, we learned all about Long's Peak, a mountain in RMNP that stands at 14,259 feet. We learned many things about the mountain, and technical climbing in general, but the most interesting part was about a paraplegic ranger named Mike Smithson. He was a park ranger that fell out of a tree and lost the use of his legs. He had wanted to climb Long's Peak prior to the injury, but had never made the climb. After the injury, he dedicated himself to making the climb and was able to summit the mountain by dragging himself along with his arms.
For the day we saw 35 state license plates, a Cherokee Nation plate, and drove a total of 304 miles.
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