Picnic in Hidden Valley Park

We had lunch at Hidden Valley one afternoon, Thursday I believe. It's a short drive into the Rocky Mountain National Forest and close to our second camping site, Aspen Glen. It was the perfect picnic we have ever had. After lunch we went on a little hiking nature trail that was just plain beautiful!



I am getting better at taking pix with my camera as you see here.


I made a little friend while we were eating lunch. This butterfly which happened to match my shirt followed me everywhere!
I was going to name it but Jason wouldn't let me keep it ;p
I want one of these in my back yard.......oh yeah, I don't have a back yard LOL

Pretty little Amber
Wish I could tell you Amber was praising the Lord-however, she was blocking the sun from her eyes lol
We sat our camera on the picnic table next to us to take a family picture since no one was sitting there and the table looked like it was lonely ;p
This little critter was curious about us right from the start lol
According to a few things we read while hiking this Hidden Valley Park, it used to be a ski resort and then it shut down because they weren't getting enough snow each year and even the snow machines couldn't keep up the demand so it is what is today........

A few more mountains

I had to repost this one because of spam comments. Sorry, but in order for me to stop it I am moderating the comments.


Snow & ice












This was hiking up the mountain...





Over look

Mountains

These first 5 pictures were taking from within the Rocky Mountain National Forest. For the most part these pictures are not in any specific order. I will be showing these first and then our family on vacation with short stories. It was so serene while we were there, the pictures I took, plus other pictures that I haven't taken with my camera do not have the same effect on you as seeing in person. Pictures do not give justice to these mountains. God certainly had fun creating earth and when you are there standing on the mountain all you can do is worship God and stand in awe of Him.








Snapped while driving....



Isn't just gorgeous even when it's about to rain :)






This is the road we took into Estes Park...