Tour Diary: Rocky Mountain National Park

On my last day off of the tour, I took a spin through Rocky Mountain National Park to spy some elk, get a good look at the mountains, and to take in one last deep breath of natural majesty.

Yours truly in a golden meadow at midday, somewhere amidst the Colorado Rockies.

I was up early on Monday morning. I enjoyed a bit of coffee with Laurie before prepping to hit the road. Laurie wished me the best of luck getting home and gave me a hug. I thanked her profusely for the hospitality and told her to relay the message to Jeremy as well. It was a treat to have spent a couple days with old friends, picking up as though we never left off.

It was less than 90 minutes to the city of Estes Park, and the entrance of Rocky Mountain National Park. As I pulled into town a few minutes away from the entrance to the park, I spied a massive herd of elk standing by the side of the road very near the main intersection in town. There must have been at least two dozen of them, including a handful of older males with very large racks of horns.

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