hello from a rocky mountain national park
guys we are in a rocky mountain and national park today so the trail ridge road is open
all the way from estes park to grand lake so we're gonna make the drive today do some
hiking and just see the sights of trail ridge road here in springtime
oh my gosh you guys it is an absolutely gorgeous day here in rocky mountain national park so
it is the beginning of june and we've already seen some elk the rivers are raging because
it's all snowmelt like it's crazy and it's just going to be a good day there is nothing
like springtime in the mountains you guys could see this there's a bull moose right
here i got a little bit of footage of them but there's too much tree cover but he's so
beautiful our first moose
its a windy day officially on the road that just opened memorial weekend here look at
that it still blows my mind that this is only an hour from our house like this is absolutely
gorgeous
so if you are visiting rocky mountain national park this summer 2021 just know that reservations
are required for the main park area between 9 a.m and 3 p.m and if you're doing a bear
lake you have to have reservations any time after 5 a.m so little different little pandemic
changes going on because it culvert and reservations are required check the website for more information
a little bit of snow hiking never hurts anyone
we are at forest canyon overlook so much of this terrain here reminds us when
we were in alaska visiting denali national park okay we got an elk i'm moving right there
just buy it lonesome so we are on the tundra communities interpretive trail look at that
background it's so pretty here a lot of the plants here are the same that are in alaska
canada and siberia that's amazing seeing how this reminds me of denali in alaska and then
i saw that sign
we are at to the alpine center here and we just got two hot chocolates and a homemade
cinnamon roll it looks so good oh look at this view but it's so good right now because
it's chilly and windy out there in the mountains you know that's how it is don't you know get
one of those cinnamon rolls it's like one of the best dinner rolls i've ever had it's
so good be sure to get and one and baby down here in the alpine center area so we're gonna
hike up to the top of there but the trail is closed because of all the snow still still
quite a bit of snow on some of these areas for beginning of june i think it's it's june
11th friday june 11th and um i mean for the most part it's pretty darn clear but still
quite a bit of snow we're going to do a couple hikes from the visitor center but the snow
was still there and plus it is extremely windy today when we were here in winter time it
was extremely windy too so i don't know what's going on rocky mountain national park but
it's okay we live close so we can come anytime i guess but one day we need to get here when
it's not windy alright so we are making our descent from the alpine center and we are
at uh irene lake it's what it's called you guys when you come to rocky mountain in the
spring trails might look like this they're like 50/50 snow might be a little muddy just
come prepared and expect pretty much any type of environment
it's lake irene beautiful i had to go through some mud and a little snow but it's worth
it gorgeous
we are now hiking um just doing small hikes i'm here in lower elevation we're at the colorado
river trail and we're gonna go check it out it's not as windy down here as it was way
up in the mountains of alpine at high elevations of course is it cold yeah oh my gosh refreshing
colorado river all right you guys look at that burn there that is from the 2020 fires
that took place wow you guys you have to turn around it's always sad seeing a national park
or a wall anywhere have wildfires like this happen really sad seeing this so this is your
reminder be fire aware colorado is a very dry climate follow the fire band it's just
it needs to be implemented or that's what happened so the area that was all burned was
by green mountain it was kind of by like the grand lake um entrance to the park so that
was where we saw that burn um it was funny we were actually thinking about hiking in
that area and then i didn't realize that that whole area was burned so definitely not doing
that so yeah all our hiking and goals for the day didn't really happen but that's how
it is sometimes you just gotta roll with whatever happens i see your ear that's all i see okay
yeah she's just napping now it's nap time
our second moose sighting she said it was time for an afternoon nap so she sat down
so i just got a little bit of her ear and her snout and that was about it we are at
beaver creek a picnic area here and this is our gorgeous lunch spot we are the only ones
here you guys right back there is where we sat on the moose so i'm like if we hang out
here long enough maybe we'll see them we'll see not even kidding guys i just came walking
here and there's a moose
this is so amazing look at her just in the water just having a nice relaxing afternoon
in the river just munching away so pretty and i guess there's a baby someone else said
that they saw a baby and um yeah i love moose they're like my favorite animal all right
here's lunch time and we got a view of the moose over there not too bad well this is
basically the most memorable lunch we've ever had this lady is just hanging down there and
she is just so gorgeous i've never expected to come literally pick the spot and then all
of a sudden bam there's a moose and she's been hanging out here this whole time it's
amazing
pretty awesome
just doing a little more hike in here there's some moose poop may be able to see room oh
my gosh there's two of them look at that
guys look at that
that is amazing so there was just three mooose we got one right here there's one in this
brush and then the girl is over here
oh
that was one of the coolest experiences and we got to share it just there was only two
other people there at the time and all of a sudden a huge tour bus came and the masses
came and a guy started walking out to that mosque so one thing i want to talk to you
guys about if you're watching this you're visiting national parks you're seeing my life
don't you need to be respectful you can't just start walking out to a enormous animal
like that like that was so irritating to watch this isn't a zoo just remember that these
are live real life animals that can kill you this is their home not yours so just please
keep that in mind when you're out visiting national parks or any parks and you come upon
wildlife okay all right friendly reminder there was only like four vehicles here and
now it's dead stop traffic because of the moose that moves has caused quite the start
this is how far the backup is oh my god it just keeps going i'm not even kidding moose
drama moose drama taking place in rocky mountain national park here for sure holy crap holy
cow it just keeps going okay wow onward we're gonna go sit and just have a little snack
out in the middle of nowhere here in the park there's like no one here at this little parking
lot but there's this cute little trail it's always like the best when you come to a parking
lot or find a trail and there's no one around it's all yours
oh so maybe we'll see another moose who knows today has been something
all right you guys thank you so much for joining us here at springtime in rocky mountain national
park wow so we didn't do any of the hikes we had planned but our day started with a
moose sighting we had lunch with a mouse and then we just ended our day with the moose
i would say it was a pretty good day full of wildlife viewing and of course we thought
elk and the marmots like beautiful springtime and rocky mountain national park is amazing
so i hope you guys can make it here if you have any questions of course let me know and
we'll see you guys back here in summertime because we're gonna try and do some of those
hikes that we really wanted to do so thanks so much for tuning in be sure to give this
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