Wow! We have had a crazy week! I will try and sum it up as quickly as I can.
We had a few days in Rocky Mountain National Park. The first day we hiked like Brad had mentioned in the previous post and I somehow pulled my groin muscle. Super painful and I have no clue how I did it. We were hiking at a pretty steep incline, but nothing too crazy. Anyways, we hiked back down and returned to our campsite for the night inside the park. The next morning, we drove to the Long's Peak campground and found an amazing spot! We were very surprised by this because we were convinced we would not find a spot there. The campsite was also free, so that was cool! We claimed our spot and then headed back to the park. Brad went and did the Bear Lake hike and I sat in the van trying not to move my leg too much. This sucked! Brad enjoyed his hike though, so that was great. When leaving the park, we saw the Stanley Hotel and drove up there to take our chances on getting a tour. We lucked out and got the last two spots on one of the last tours for the day. Awesome tour! We enjoyed hearing about the history, the Steven King of it and the ghost stories. The beautiful stairs in the place were a little difficult, but well worth it. After that we headed back to our Long's Peak site and hung out for the night.
The next morning we woke up, had some breakfast and then headed out for a hike down in the Wild Basin Area. We left a sign on our site post and both of our chairs out in the parking spot to make sure everyone knew that our spot was taken. REMEMBER THIS! We headed back into the park and I was anxious to see how the 1/2 mile hike was going to feel on my healing muscle. I was hoping that it was better and I could get back to it. We made our way to Wild Basin and the parking lots were full! Every single spot was taken except for the spots that were 2.5 miles away from the trail head. For my first day out hiking again, Brad did not want to push it, so we headed out of the park. We decided to hit up a couple of breweries. We first went to Left Hand Brewery which we were both very excited about. We enjoyed a few beers and the awesome atmosphere and then headed to Oskar Blues. We were not too impressed with this place or the beer. Meh. Last stop was Boulder Brewing Company. On the way to Boulder, I was not feeling too great, but we headed in and got some beers and lunch. About 15 mins into our lovely lunch, I had such a bad head ache that I could not keep my eyes open. I had to leave and lay down in the van. Brad was very sweet and got the tab and drove me back to the campsite while I tried not to puke in the van. I awoke to Brad slamming on the breaks and jumping out of the van. We had made it back to our campsite to find a large family camping there. Brad lost it. They had ripped down our sign and threw our chairs into the trees. I was so dazed that it took me a min to figure out what was going on. Brad got back in the van and we went around the loop again. No sites in sight. We pulled back up and my anger then took over and I had to give them a piece of my mind. Let's just say that the lady I was "talking"to was very lucky that she had small children present...
Brad was fuming, I was ready to hurl. Brad admitted defeat and took me to a hotel. It was Fourth of July weekend and he knew better than to think that we would ever find a campsite. Thank goodness he made this choice. Arriving at the hotel in Estes Park, I got extremely sick and was grateful for a bathroom of my own. The rest of the night was terrible with a pounding headache, chills and bad cable shows.
The next morning, Brad had calmed down, I was holding down food and we were ready to hit the road. Our next stop was Vedauwoo on the Fourth of July.
Chelsea
We had a few days in Rocky Mountain National Park. The first day we hiked like Brad had mentioned in the previous post and I somehow pulled my groin muscle. Super painful and I have no clue how I did it. We were hiking at a pretty steep incline, but nothing too crazy. Anyways, we hiked back down and returned to our campsite for the night inside the park. The next morning, we drove to the Long's Peak campground and found an amazing spot! We were very surprised by this because we were convinced we would not find a spot there. The campsite was also free, so that was cool! We claimed our spot and then headed back to the park. Brad went and did the Bear Lake hike and I sat in the van trying not to move my leg too much. This sucked! Brad enjoyed his hike though, so that was great. When leaving the park, we saw the Stanley Hotel and drove up there to take our chances on getting a tour. We lucked out and got the last two spots on one of the last tours for the day. Awesome tour! We enjoyed hearing about the history, the Steven King of it and the ghost stories. The beautiful stairs in the place were a little difficult, but well worth it. After that we headed back to our Long's Peak site and hung out for the night.
The next morning we woke up, had some breakfast and then headed out for a hike down in the Wild Basin Area. We left a sign on our site post and both of our chairs out in the parking spot to make sure everyone knew that our spot was taken. REMEMBER THIS! We headed back into the park and I was anxious to see how the 1/2 mile hike was going to feel on my healing muscle. I was hoping that it was better and I could get back to it. We made our way to Wild Basin and the parking lots were full! Every single spot was taken except for the spots that were 2.5 miles away from the trail head. For my first day out hiking again, Brad did not want to push it, so we headed out of the park. We decided to hit up a couple of breweries. We first went to Left Hand Brewery which we were both very excited about. We enjoyed a few beers and the awesome atmosphere and then headed to Oskar Blues. We were not too impressed with this place or the beer. Meh. Last stop was Boulder Brewing Company. On the way to Boulder, I was not feeling too great, but we headed in and got some beers and lunch. About 15 mins into our lovely lunch, I had such a bad head ache that I could not keep my eyes open. I had to leave and lay down in the van. Brad was very sweet and got the tab and drove me back to the campsite while I tried not to puke in the van. I awoke to Brad slamming on the breaks and jumping out of the van. We had made it back to our campsite to find a large family camping there. Brad lost it. They had ripped down our sign and threw our chairs into the trees. I was so dazed that it took me a min to figure out what was going on. Brad got back in the van and we went around the loop again. No sites in sight. We pulled back up and my anger then took over and I had to give them a piece of my mind. Let's just say that the lady I was "talking"to was very lucky that she had small children present...
Brad was fuming, I was ready to hurl. Brad admitted defeat and took me to a hotel. It was Fourth of July weekend and he knew better than to think that we would ever find a campsite. Thank goodness he made this choice. Arriving at the hotel in Estes Park, I got extremely sick and was grateful for a bathroom of my own. The rest of the night was terrible with a pounding headache, chills and bad cable shows.
The next morning, Brad had calmed down, I was holding down food and we were ready to hit the road. Our next stop was Vedauwoo on the Fourth of July.
Chelsea
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