Rocky Mountain National Park

Day 1:
Arrived at Denver 10:10pm
Rented 2 full-size sedans from Alamo at Denver airport
Checked-in at Marriot Courtyard, South Lakewood, Denver

Day 2:
Denver Botanic Gardens












Downtown of Denver has beautiful gardens with many varieties of plants and flowers.

Special attraction in the gardens is the 30 varieties of lotus flowers placed in a ink filled ponds. Ink added ponds reflect the sky and the sorrounding plants making it a beautiful site to see.



















Garden of Gods -
Spectacular sandstones were shaped in various forms because of erosion. Siamese Twins, Balanced Rock, Kissing Camels and more ....
Dinner at Olive Garden
Cave of the winds - A guided tour of a cave $20/person was sold out by the time we arrived which is not far from Garden of Gods

Day 3:
Checked-out from Courtyard





Stopped at Boulder, CO on way to Estes Park









Entered Estes park in the evening and checked-in to Holiday Inn














Visited Moraine Lake at Rocky Mountain National Park

Dinner at Village Pizza
Great place, can be recommended to anyone. Nice food, plenty of choices in terms of variety of pizzas. Had food there twice in a row.







Day 4:
Left hotel room at 7:30am for Rocky Mountain National Park.






Our first stop is Bear Lake which is about 10 miles away from the east entrance of the park. Parking space there is limited, therefore we left early, other wise we had an option of taking shuttle bus.








At Bear Lake all of us joined a guided tour given by a park ranger. Park ranger was very nice and knowledgeable, explained whole lot to everyone who were following her. The tour ended with an applause.







In order to visit three lakes we hiked up, each one was 200 feet height apart. Nymph Lake, Dream Lake, and Emerald Lake .

Drove on Trail Ridge Road
Shepards Lake Tundra
Dinner at Village Pizza

Day 5:
Lilly Lake, Hollowwell Park - Beaver Dams
Saw a cayote at Moraine Lake
Souvenier shopping at RMNP Head Quarters, Indian Village (Estes Park)
Dinner: Take out from Taco Bell / Chinese Restaurant

Day 6:
Checked-out from Holiday Inn Lunch at Denver airport
Departed Denver for BWI at 1:10pm and arrived at 10:10pm (EST)