Trail Ridge Road

After leaving Hot Sulphur Springs,we headed for Rocky Mountain National Park. We were headed to Estes Park to stay and the gorgeous Trail Ridge Road drive was right along the way.

One of our first stops along the drive was Farview Curve, which looks down into the Kawuneeche Valley, which you come through when you enter the park from the south. A park volunteer took this picture of us there.

I had to include at least one shot of the mountains here.

We could see snow when we stopped at Milner Pass so we hiked down to it. Matt and Rob contemplated acting out the Robin Hood/Little John fight scene on this bridge but opted to just pose instead.

Matt was thrilled with the snow. Shortly before you get there, there's a sign telling you not to go any further if there are big horn sheep in the area. Sadly, we saw none and so felt safe to proceed to the snow.

Milner Pass also marks the Continental Divide. Rob and Matt had fun being on opposite sides of it. Some other people there liked their pose so much that we saw them doing the same pose for *their* family picture. :)

There are more pictures from Trail Ridge Road up at http://picasaweb.google.com/debdistante/TrailRidgeRoadRockyMountainNationalPark, including lots more mountain views.