Rocky Mountain National Park

 Friday had marked the finish of 4 weeks of intense classes. Selfishly, I wanted to celebrate by spending the day in RMNP.
We did the longest hike yet with the kids and they did well. It was fairly shaded so that helped tremendously.

 We also headed up the Trail Ridge road to the top of the peaks for a view of the mountain ranges. There was considerable less snow this year than two years ago. This is a growing problem in Colorado. As a result of less snow, there are more beetles that cause the pine trees to dehydrate and die. That adds fuel to the wild fires that are happening more and more.

Dave introduced the app, over, to me.