What a wonderful, sunny cool day we had to drive the Trail Ridge Road up to 11,720 ft. We entered at the Beaver Meadows Entrance near the campground and exited at the Grand Lake Entrance, had lunch in Granby and returned back over the same Trail Ridge Road. At noon, it was 34 degF with a 48-mph wind at the top at the Alpine Visitor Center. We took so many pictures that I had a hard time picking out which ones to show you!
This magpie and chipmunk seemed to pose for us to take their pictures! We have seen so many Magpies all over Colorado. And today we got to see 3 moose!
And of course, we saw lots more Elk and a male with his "harem!"
Here's a view of some of the snow up near the top. 
Check out the poles on the sides of the road. They are there for the snow plows to know where the road is!
For the grandkids: Not a lot of things can grow on the top of a high mountian on the alpine tundra. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra to learn about alphine tundras. Do you know what the green things are that are living on this rock?
For the grandkids: Not a lot of things can grow on the top of a high mountian on the alpine tundra. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra to learn about alphine tundras. Do you know what the green things are that are living on this rock?
Lichen (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen)
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