Day 30:  Mon, 7/11:  Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park, CO

We were told by the lady at the office of our campground to avoid the terrible traffic in downtown Estes Park by driving along Riverside Drive, and she was so right.  So we drove on Riverside Drive down to Estes Lake, where we rode our bikes along a 3 mile paved loop around the lake, which was pretty and a nice ride. We looked down at the river that runs into the lake and we could see a bunch of fish. Ryan had said he wanted to see a pelican, and sure enough, we saw a white pelican in the lake.  We were told to look for owls sitting in the rocks behind the library, so we went there, and luckily there were 2 local women who were already looking at the owls (otherwise we might not have seen them), They even let us use their binoculars to see them better.  One owl was an adult and the other was a young one that was white and fluffy – they were both awesome to see. Then we had a great lunch at Claire’s Restaurant near the library.  We went back to our campground to rest and then drove into RMNP and saw bighorn sheep and deer.  The bighorn sheep were cute.

Biking around Lake Estes, Estes Park, CO

Biking Lake Estes, CO

Female Bighorn Sheep in Rocky Mountain National Park, CO