Last night, it got down to 34
degF at the campground! But today was another bright sunny, cool day that got up to about 60 deg by noon. We drove up a dirt, one-way 9-mile road called the "Old Fall River Road" up the side of the mountain to the Alpine Visitor Center, which is about 12,000 ft high. It was an extremely curvy dusty road, but great views.
When we got to the top, we had a picnic lunch. We had gone to a nearby deli before our climb and gotten a
pumpernickel turkey sandwich with deli pickle that was
sooo good. Here is our lunch view. The mountains were a purple color. Reminded me of John Denver's song: "Rocky
Mountain High".
After dinner tonight, we drove around and it wasn't long before we saw a herd of elk--right across the street from the park entrance (see Elk bugling below). From there we drove up Devils Gulch Road on the north side of Estes Park, as I had heard that that was a good place to see coyote--not! We did see
a lot of very nice houses though (see one below).
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