Our Favorite Place...without the camera

Last Friday we got up really early and drove to Rocky Mountain National Park for the day. We had prepared everything the night before and were so excited to spend the day hiking in our favorite place. We got out of the car to start hiking and the morning light was filtering through the Aspen trees--it was perfect. I called the kids over, lined them up to get the perfect shot and the camera wouldn't turn on!! We had left the battery in the charger at home. Oops. I had to settle for incredible pictures of a beautiful place...with my camera phone.

We took the kids on a six mile hike. It took us five and a half hours (including many rest breaks and lunch on top of the mountain.) It was a beautiful day--the weather was perfect.

Lincoln was a trooper--he did most of the hike on his own, until naptime. Then we took turns helping him.
After our hike we went to a lake and had a BBQ dinner. The kids who had been so tired by the end of the hike suddenly got a second wind and were having a blast playing in the snow! As we were eating a large elk just sauntered past us in the next picnic area. I did get a picture of that, but my phone doesn't have a zoom lens, so it's not even worth sharing. But here is the pretty lake.
It was a perfect day!!