Rocky Mountain National Park
I know it is pretty ridiculous, but even though I have lived in Colorado for almost eight years, I have never hiked in Rocky Mountain National Park or even visited it since doing the where-should-I-live Great American Western Road Trip of 2005. At least until now, when Casey and her roommate Arissa proposed going there for a day trip during the Memorial Day weekend.
So Arissa, Casey, Diana, Katia and I piled into a Honda Accord and headed towards Estes Park. Considering how warm it has been in Colorado lately, we were astonished to see that most of the trails were still buried under a couple feet of snow.
We ended up hiking about 6.4 miles from Bear Lake Rd. to The Lock—a picturesque lake surrounded by snow-capped peaks that reminded me a bit of Lake O’Hara at Yoho National Park in Canada. One guy was even relaxing between some lakeside trees on a hammock while Katia, about 100 feet away, was feeding chipmunks nuts and a Clif Bar.
It was a good trip. Better late than never.
![We were somewhat surprised to see there was so much snow still up here considering how warm it was.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/r/rmnp0513.jpg)
![Diana, Arissa and Casey keeping their balance.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/r/rmnp0513-001.jpg)
![In front of a nice waterfall.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/r/rmnp0513-002.jpg)
![Snow-covered Rockies in the background.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/r/rmnp0513-003.jpg)
![I forget what we were talking about here.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/r/rmnp0513-004.jpg)
![Chipmunk with a almond.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/r/rmnp0513-005.jpg)
![Katia taking Diana's photo.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/r/rmnp0513-006.jpg)
![Arissa in front of a lake.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/r/rmnp0513-007.jpg)
![The chipmunks liked Clif bars too, apparently.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/r/rmnp0513-008.jpg)
![One guy was resting in a hammock by Dream Lake.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/images/r/rmnp0513-009.jpg)
![Friendly chipmunk.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/r/rmnp0513-010.jpg)
![Diana saying hello to the chipmunk.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/r/rmnp0513-011.jpg)