Estes Park

RMNP. Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

My wife and I flew to Colorado to attend a wedding but we gave ourselves several extra days to spend some time in the mountains. We liked Estes Park a lot, it has beautiful views and a river walk. We also saw a whole herd of elk. We found a great Costa Rican restaurant there called Pura Vida, which we highly recommend.

Go to the YMCA of the Rockies, if you have large family rent a place off property. If you have a small/average-sized family stay at one of the YMCA Lodges. Get American Plan Meals and plan hikes and trips for most of the week. (i.e. Drive up to the Alpine Visitor Center, Hiking up to Fern Falls with the kids)

I didn’t stay the night but went there for the day. The place is beautiful. It’s a lot of tourist stuff so if your looking for something different this is not the place. Would have loved to go back to horseback ride but we just walked around.

Beautiful place on the face of earth!!! Very relaxing and quiet yet lots of adventure. If you like mountains. rivers. lakes and nature this is the place you want to go to. There are about 47 hiking trails ranging from 2 mile round trails to 12 miles trails. We go there at least once a year if not twice. Bear creek park at the entrance of the park on left hand side is a must see. Also if you are a hiking lover, try Timber lake lodge, a 12 mile hike with several streams crossing. Make sure to take plenty of water along with other snacks, small combat knife is not a bad idea either.
If you are planning on making a trip to this palace and looking for more info, shoot me an email and i will give you all need to know