Rocky Mountain National Park

Hiking in Colorado Springs

In October, I went to Denver to visit some friends of mine.  It was a great trip.   My first day there we went to Rocky Mountain National Park (on my quest to visit all of the national parks before I turn 30).  We did a great, long hike in the park along Glacier Gorge.  We hiked by several lakes including Bear Lake. Dream Lake, and Nymph. Lake, ending with Mills Lake, which is the scene printed on Colorado quarters.  We saw Alberta falls on the way down toward the end.  This was a fantastic hike.  (It took about 6 hours.)

 On my final day in Colorado, we drove to Colorado Springs to go hiking and do a mineral springs tour in Manitou Springs.  The mineral springs tour was a lot of fun.