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Going Home
We woke up early this morning thanks to the annoying yapper in the room below. We were anxious to get home anyway. It was a wonderful trip. Thank you Eric for spoiling me and for planning such an awesome Birthday. I love you.
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The Nightmare at Dream Lake
... like that in the wilderness. Can I please get some peace and serenity in the nature??? Just about to Nymph Lake we are now 100% sure that this group is on our trail. There are like 12 trailheads up there and seriously they had to choose the same one we did? A group of about 40 of them was now right behind us. Some of them were blindfolded and being led up the trail by others. They were SO loud. I cannot even tell you. We get to Nymph lake and its ...
Rocky Mountain National Park
... pulled over on the side. That usually means there is wildlife nearby. I jumped out of the car while Rodney was still figuring out how to park and I ran to the group of people with cameras. There was a momma moose and her baby about to swim in the lake. The little baby took off running as soon as he saw the water and he jumped and played in it. The mom took her time going to join him then spent about 15 minutes wading, blowing ...
Day 22 - 7 Mile Lake Hike
... below Bear Lake car park, and catch a shuttle bus back up, however, in a fit of madness I told the kids we would just walk back, which we all found really hard.
On our walk we avoided Bear Lake which was 256 yards from the car. Luce had told Cian it was called Bear Lake as you could always see bears swimming in it! Cian believed her, and was worried all the way around, refusing to go near the lake with any food in case the swimming bears were hungry. Foodless, we approached ...
The longest hike
... we’ve been hiking. Yet no one stole anything. Isn’t that amazing?
For dinner we walk to the Sweet Basilico Café. Our garlic bread arrives cold, but my Chicken Cacciatore is okay.
Afterwards, we get into the hot tub on the deck. While we are there, an elk comes up over the hill and starts eating the neighbor’s lilac bush. It’s a huge animal. It eyes us once in awhile, but doesn’t see us as a threat. Eventually the neighbor comes out and chases the elk ...
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