Rocky Mountain National Park

Watching the weather for this area closely due to what would seemingly be an expected thundershower each day.  Packed a lunch and off we went to try once again to see this wonder of nature.  Our 1st trip here in 2001 was too early in the year and the park was all snowed in.. did see some mangy looking elk and big horned sheep but wanted to really see the park.  So on our way all of a sudden Earl says he has the shakes and needs me to drive.  He has a coat on and gets the wool blanket out from the trunk of the car (I was in shorts and cooking already early in the day) - so I took over the driving and he assured me he was ok although he was having the chills!  He assured me he was ok for me to continue.  I stopped at two visitor centers and drove the road thru the park up to the highest point just above 12,000 ft and was thrilled beyond words!  It was a gorgeous day and the views were spectacular!  I did worry about Early all day though so after 2nd stop turned the car around and headed for home.  The park where were are camped is only about 25-30 miles from the National Park so not too bad a drive.  Guess we'll just have to keep this one on the list for another time.  Yes, we did see big horned sheep along the road but there is so much more to see... oh well

Turns out Earl has been sick now for the past 3 days and we missed our opportunity to go to Cheyenne as well to see the Capital of Wyoming.  Had planned to do that from this base as well and now we are coming up on last day and have plans to visit nephew Jim and his little family here.

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