My Awesome Week in Estes Park, Colorado

Last Saturday we got to Estes Park, Colorado.  It is way up high in the Rocky Mountains.  I came here when I was four too.  My family loves it here and I do too.

On the first day we went to Rocky Mountain National Park.  We saw lots of Elk and snow.  I even brought Frankie Pickle with me.  My Mom took my picture with Frankie at the Continental Divide.

I liked seeing the flowers and snow way up high in the mountains.  This is called the tundra.  My Mom and I looked up tundra on the internet so we could learn more about it.  In the tundra the trees do not grow because of the high altitude.  It is a lot colder up there too.  

We stayed at Mary's Lake Lodge.  This is where we stayed two years ago.  It is on the side of a mountain so we had a pretty view of everything around us.

I had a great time swimming with my Dad.  I am in the corner of the pool in this picture.  We bought some big noodles in Estes Park so it was fun to pretend they were swords with Dad.

We ate at the lodge a lot.  We could see our cabin from the porch where we ate. 

There is this giant old hotel called the Stanley Hotel.  We went on a tour.  The tour lady told us all kinds of stories about ghosts in the hotel.  I was scared when she told us a story about a cowboy ghost on the 4th floor.  My Dad and I also got into a closet where they say Lord Dunraven (he owned all of the land around Estes Park a long time ago) has been seen and felt.  It was freaky.  

Dad, Brianna and I rode horses one morning.  I saw a lot of real cowboys and horses here.  We rode into   the mountains and had breakfast in the woods.  We had sausage, eggs and pancakes.

My horses name was Velvet.  He was very nice.  I have never rode on a horse in the mountains before.Brianna has a horse and I have rode him before with her but never by myself. I learned how to make Velvet go and turn.

They had these funny painted things I put my head in.  It looked like I was a cowboy.  

We went way up high in the mountains.  I rode up by the guide since I was the youngest.  It was a lot of really cool.

Tomorrow we are going home.  I am excited to get home so I can watch the Disney Channel anytime I want, see Charlie my dog and have pretend wars with all my toys at home.  

I have had a SUPER time in Estes Park and can't wait to come back again.