Estes Park Scenes & New Campground

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We're back with more news and pics! 
The last few days were spent sightseeing and waiting for the snow to melt off of our trailer.  The temps hit mid 50s for a few days in a row, and we had rivers of water pouring off the old Columbus!  The campground was quiet, with many cancellations due to the snow.


 On one of our trips, we went to see a Great Horned Owl's nest.  We heard about this nest from a campground employee.  The nest is in the back of the Library parking lot!  We could hardly believe our eyes to see the mother owl and her two babies!  As you can see, she's huge!  Apparently, she shows up at this location every Spring.  Many folks showed up just to see them.
Notice 2 babies to left of mama

One baby to left of Mom

both babies seen here.  One has back to us and the face of the other seen behind

We took a little ride to see the Stanley Hotel.  This hotel is historic and one of the reasons is that it was the set of the movie, "The Shining."  ("Heeeere's Johnny!")    It's a colonial hotel that opened in 1909.  They have "Ghost Tours" there, for $30 a person.  We didn't go on the tour.


We went for a walk along the downtown "Riverwalk".  It's a walkway that travels along the Big Thompson River, for about 2 miles.  The Riverwalk winds through many of the shops and restaurants of downtown Estes.
 














We hitched up yesterday, and fought the 22mph gusting winds to travel to our new campground.  It's a 7 mile trip, but we traveled 2 extra miles to avoid being dragged through downtown Estes!  The campground is called Manor RV Park.  This is the place that we are staying at, in exchange for our volunteer hours at Photographs by Dill.  This is a quiet campground, not near the highway as the other campground had been.  It is much closer to the downtown area. 















We'll keep you posted…


Comments

  1. AnonymousMay 26, 2017 at 8:01 AM

    The owl nest pictures are awesome! And the Riverwalk looks so nice, wish I was there taking a walk right now. Thanks for taking us along on your trip. hal

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  2. halMay 27, 2017 at 11:03 AM

    great camo on those owls. i'm surprised you didn't use the quote "Wendy....I'm hoooooome!" from The Shining. -MAL

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