My family and I have a tradition. We love hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park (we live in Michigan). No, we don’t eat as well when we’re camping in Colorado, but there is a different type of nourishment in our trips. Not only do we get a lot of exercise, fresh clean air, and exposure to the natural world, we spend a lot of time together as a family. That is perhaps a more important type of nourishment than food.
This summer we spent a week in the park and went on several all-day hikes. The kids, 5 and 8, were excellent hikers and were even heard singing near the end of the longest hike of the trip, Chasm Lake.
My favorite hike was Mount Chiquita. While it seemed an easier climb, the altitude was enough to take one’s breath away - literally. We also did a loop around the Bear Lake and Glacier Gorge area and an excursion down the LuLu City trail. There were numerous smaller hikes as we drove around the park, stopping every 5 minutes.
Someday we’ll move there…
[...] Posted August 8, 2007 See photos of my family vacation in Colorado over at my other [...]