Monday, June 10, 2013

Saturday in RMNP

HIKE #1:  Dream Lake or Bust
 We hit the trails at 9AM bound for Dream Lake.  Our first stop was Nymph Lake....with some cool driftwood.

 From Nymph Lake the hike headed uphill, which meant lots of rock climbing breaks!
 And beautiful vistas!
 These two were incredible hikers!  They were on foot the entire way!

 This little crevice looked too interesting to pass by!  Of course I had to yell "BEAR" just as they were sticking their heads in.....which I'm sure made the passerby's want to nominate me for mother of the year:-)

 It wasn't long after that we encountered SNOW!  Who doesn't love a good snowball fight in mid-June? 


 We didn't make it all the way to Dream Lake.  We hit serious snow, which forced us to turn back early. 

HIKE #2:  Alberta Falls
 After a break at the condo to lunch and nap, we hit the trails again....this time bound for Alberta Falls.  It was a gorgeous little hike and ended at the most magnificient falls!  Spring is definitely the peak time to see them--all the snow melt made for a huge waterfall!
 As we climbed up to this rock for a picture (which dropped off about 300 feet into the falls.....I gave the boys the "death talk".  All three didn't let go of our hands for anything:-)


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