Camping in Estes Park

Towards the end of July, we decided to head up to Estes Park and camp for a weekend. We had heard a lot about Estes Park and how much so many people enjoyed the area. We booked the last available site at the county campground, loaded up our car with gear and food and headed out.

Our campground bordered Rocky Mountain National Park. We spent Saturday driving the main road through the park. 

Boone loved the views. He definitely loves the outdoors and climbing on the rocks, so we had to keep an eye on him and make sure he didn't get too far from us.

We stopped at one trail and Boone and Jeff hiked up to some snow that was still in the area. (I don't think you were technically supposed to hike up that far! But they had fun!)

It was starting to get a bit cool at this point. We heard that in the summer it is very typical to have beautiful mornings and then bad thunderstorms in the afternoon, so it was better to get out and explore in the mornings. A few people had actually been hit by lightening earlier in the summer, so we didn't want to take any chances.

My favorite picture from the weekend! So beautiful!

Our little campsite. It actually was a great campground and pretty cheap. We did get some heavy rains in the afternoons, but we still had a great time. We checked out the town of Estes Park on one of the afternoons, but we weren't super impressed. It seemed like a lot of tourist trap-type stores and it was SO crowded. We much preferred hanging out at our little piece of nature.

We are so glad we've taken Boone camping both summers so far. Although it is a lot of work, we really enjoy getting out and making some memories as a family!

Until next time (as we try to catch up),

Jeff, Emily + Boone