On Friday morning, June 2, what we hoped would be a late breakfast turned out to be lunch as at Gunter Toody’s Diner in Colorado Springs.  An old style diner that does not serve breakfast after 11:00 A.M.?  Not exactly what I grew up with.

The atmosphere was great but the food was not especially good and both of us were somewhat disappointed.

After dining we headed into downtown Denver to do some shopping.  Following that we went to the SpringHill Suites in Westminster which is about 20 miles northwest of Denver.  We opted to dine at Bonefish Grill that night and had an enjoyable meal.

Saturday we headed for Rocky Mountain National Park about 60 miles from Westminster.  Enroute we went through Boulder, home of Colorado University.  It looked like a college town.

Here are some photos taken enroute the national park

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Following are between the town of Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park

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Rocky Mountain National Park is a United States national park located approximately 76 mi northwest of Denver International Airport in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The park is situated between the towns of Estes Park to the east and Grand Lake to the west. The eastern and westerns slopes of the Continental Divide run directly through the center of the park with the headwaters of the Colorado River located in the park’s northwestern region. The main features of the park include mountains, alpine lakes and a wide variety of wildlife within various climates and environments, from wooded forests to mountain tundra.

Rocky Mountain National Park

Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park

On our way out of the park we saw this elk

And we got a few more pictures on our way out of Estes Park

We believe you really need to spend a week here to thoroughly enjoy the park.  It is spectacular.