When we awoke in Estes Park for the first time, we had no idea what awaited us later in the day. We decided to take it easy that day (after two days in the car!) so we headed to Rocky Mountain National Park to get our entrance pass for the week. Once there, we had to go exploring! We drove up to Bear Lake and the closer we got, the more snow we saw!
The trees around the lake were frosted with wet snow that was already melting. We hiked around the lake - and puddles - to get pictures.
Huge clumps of melting snow fell on us as we hiked around. It was a bit cold - ha! - but I'm so glad we did it!
Someone ahead of us made a mini snowman!
We really lucked out with the weather. The storm that brought the snow blew threw and didn't cause many problems. By the time we were set to hike, it was sunny and in the seventies! The following week after we left, winter really began in Estes Park with snow accumulating in RMNP. Eek!
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