Today is Wednesday, July 8th, and we have been here in Rocky Mountain National Park since Monday evening. After setting up camp, we didn't have much time to do anything so we just hung around the campsite. Yesterday, we started up Old Fall River Rd. It's a nine mile long, one way, dirt road here in the park that is only open for about 2 months out of the year. It's the only way to get to Chasm Falls, which is the parks biggest waterfall. While viewing such beauty, I lost all track of time. We loaded back up to return to the campsite and 3 hours had passed. When we got back to the campsite, we ate lunch and then we went into Estes Park (local town) to do laundry.
We went through so much rain on our journey here that a lot of our stuff was wet when we arrived. When we got back to the campsite again, we unpacked the laundry and then loaded up and went to see the other campgrounds here in the park. We normally stay in Glacier Basin campground, which hosts a beautiful view of the snow-capped mountains and has an open field where the kids can run and play. That campground was closed this year for tree removal and should be open again next year. We went to see just how different it looked with all the trees down. We also check out another campsite called Morane Park. We had never stayed in that campground, but we have heard that there are lots of park animals spotted there. We are currently staying in Aspen Glen campground which is barely inside the park boundries. There are more people around us than we hoped would be. There is nothing wrong with this campground, but we prefer Glacier Basin. Last year when we were here at the park, there was tons of snow everywhere; this year, most of it has melted away. We did locate a spot that we might be able to use our sleds for though. If we do, you can be sure I will be taking and posting photos.
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