July 6th, 2008: Nymph and Dream Lakes and Estes Park

We decided to head up to Rocky Mountain National Park on the Sunday of the "Fourth Weekend" and were really lucky to get into the Bear Lake parking lot on our second try. So, we took advantage of throwing our lunch in the packs and headed up past Nymph Lake to Dream Lake. Kelly, Nolan and Barrett were trying out their new hiking shoes and there was a nice deck of clouds present so it was nice and cool.

Below the boys are loaded up to head south in the morning. Travis is being his usual "ham" self for a picture.


And here are a few shots from along the trail. We discovered Travis would stop screaming at the top of his lungs if Kelly had the kid pack on, so that worked a little better for us and others along the trail.






We had a great day in the park and enjoyed dinner at Ed's Cantina, one of our favorite eateries in Estes, before wandering some of the shops.