{"id":1091,"date":"2015-06-08T12:33:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T12:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2015-06-08T12:33:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T12:33:34","slug":"first-visit-to-rocky-mountain-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/?p=1091","title":{"rendered":"First Visit to Rocky Mountain National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday morning we got up early &amp; headed a couple of hours east to Rocky Mountain National Park.\u00a0 It really exceeded every expectation I&#8217;d had all my life.\u00a0 Wow.\u00a0 Just wow.\u00a0 Our first hike of the day was to Adams Falls.\u00a0 It was an easy hike, according to the guide books &#8211; a little strenuous for me, but so, so worth it in the end.\u00a0 Absolutely gorgeous.<a href=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100_7504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1092\" src=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100_7504-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"100_7504\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100_7504-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100_7504-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100_7504-690x518.jpg 690w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100_7504-980x735.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our next hike was on, I believe, Coyote Trail, which took us to the valley where the Colorado River originates.\u00a0 We did not get to the very source, but did get as far as to where it was a small stream, and we all took turns putting our feet in the Colorado River.\u00a0 The girls were pretty excited when we reminded them that that was the very water that formed the Grand Canyon.\u00a0 Actually, so were we.<a href=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100_7521.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1093\" src=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100_7521-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"100_7521\" width=\"980\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100_7521-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100_7521-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100_7521-690x460.jpg 690w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100_7521-980x653.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We didn&#8217;t actually get up to the top part of the mountains until the very end of the day, when we drove up just for a quick look.\u00a0 Our plan is to get back and do that later this week.\u00a0 If we don&#8217;t, though, our vacation to the Rocky Mountains is one we&#8217;ll never forget<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100_7540.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1094\" src=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100_7540-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"100_7540\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100_7540-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100_7540-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100_7540-690x518.jpg 690w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/100_7540-980x735.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday morning we got up early &amp; 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