Into Colorado and the Rocky Mountain National Park
Woke at a reasonable time today because we didn’t have to drive over 750 miles! Breakfast in the La Quinta was taken downstairs on the patio outside. Left around 9.45am, gassed up and hit I-80 west. Stopped at Greeley for lunch in a small park. Got to Estes Park at 2.30pm and immediately gassed up and shopped for a few things in the Safeway. Because we had no permit, we couldn’t enter the park anyway until 3.00pm, so the timing was perfect.
At the Rocky Mountain National Park entrance we showed our annual pass, but because we had two cars we assumed we would have to pay for the extra one, but no! The ranger let Jeri and the Fiat in for free.
Highway 34 was fantastic; awesome views, with a lot of areas to pullout. Snow, in abundance above the treeline. We climbed to 12,183 feet, the highest continuous paved road in the contiguous US.
Our cabin in Grand Lake was basic but comfy. 550 sq ft in total! We went to dinner at the Sagebrush BBQ place in town and afterwards strolled along the boardwalk looking at the shops.
