OUR FAMILY WENT TO THIS PARK DURING A SUMMER TWO WEEK VACATION, AND VISITED ABOUT FIVE OTHER NATIONAL PARKS WITH OUR TEENAGE SON. THIS PARK IS IN COLORADO AND HAS AMAZING ANIMAL LIFE THAT ARE VISIBLE EVEN FROM THE ROAD. THERE ARE SEVERAL VISITOR CENTERS AND I BOUGHT A BOOK ON SMUDGING AND HOW TO USE DIFFERENT CRYSTALS FOR HEALING.
WE VISITED DURING THE SUMMER AND BECAUSE OF IT'S HIGH ELEVATION FROM 8000 TO 14,000 FEET IT IS VERY COLD DURING THE NIGHT. THERE IS STILL SNOW ON SOME OF THE GLACIERS. WE CLIMBED SO MANY HILLS AND HIKED ON NUMEROUS BEAUTIFUL TRAILS. THE ANIMALS THAT ARE VISIBLE INCLUDE RED TAIL AND OTHER HAWKS, BIGHORN SHEEP , ELK, MOOSE, DEER, COUGARS, AND MULE DEER. IT TOOK ME AWHILE TO ADAPT TO THE HIGH ELEVATION.
WE CAMPED IN A CAMPGROUND WHILE IT RAINED, AND THERE WERE BEARS AROUND SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR TABLE CLEAN. WE SAW A MOOSE THERE IN AN OLD CAMP WITH HOUSES FOR THE TIMBER CREWS. WE HIKED IN A BEAUTIFUL MEADOW WITH SOME WILDFLOWERS BLOOMING AND A HUGE ARRAY OF BUTTERFLIES.
WE TOOK A CAR TOUR ALONG AN OLD JEEP TRAIL THAT WAS OPPOSITE A GLACIER. THE TRAIL WENT ONE WAY ALONG A STEEP MOUNTAIN PASS AND THROUGH A TUNNEL AND IT TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR. PEOPLE FROM ALL COUNTRIES WERE VISITING THIS PARK.
THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE RUNS NORTHWEST THROUGHOUT THE CENTER OF THE PARK.
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