What a wonderful time we have had in Rocky Mountain National Park. This place is amazing. It certainly is on par with Yellowstone or Yosemite. Glorious views of incredible mountains and meadows. We camped at the lowest elevation camp ground in the park at 8500 feet. One of the parks outlooks is at over 12,000 feet. You can see what looks like from the Pacific to the Atlantic.

We met our daughter (Jenny) and her wonderful husband (JR) and, of course, our grandson Cason along with JR's parents (Dennis and Linda) there. We had lots of fun.

I was able to fish some incredible waters that flow straight from the high mountain glaciers. Rainbow's, brookies, brown and the ever lovely Greenback cutthroat trout. The Greenbacks are especially beautiful. They are the only indigenous trout to this part of Colorado. My favorite waters quickly became The Big Thompson River as it flowed down through the alpine meadow. the Morain Meadow is about 1/2 mile wide and 5 miles long running right up to the base of the some sawtooth looking mountains. Spectacular views.

I was able to take JR fishing twice. This was the first time he ever fished with a fly rod. He did really good. By the end of the second day he was casting pretty well and I could comfortably leave him on his own. Good job JR!

I think we will be back here some time in the future.