RMNP

Wednesday afternoon we drove up to Rocky Mountain National Park, because a) National Parks are free this week (through Sunday, I think), b) that's the closest one to us, and c) it's one of the prettiest places I've ever been.

We had a really great hike, but we didn't get all the way to the summit of our trail because the trail became covered in snow as we went up in elevation, and we don't have the proper gear for hiking through deep snow. We also didn't continue along the trail because the forecast called for a lot of rain, and it looked like it was moving in pretty quickly. Fortunately for us, we made it back to the car, then we drove through the park for a ways and got to see some pretty views, and it wasn't until we were leaving the park that it began to rain.

Here are just a few of the photos from our hike and drive. In the third photo you can really see the darkening clouds start to swallow up the mountains. That was happening right before we made our way back down and out of the park.