Sunday we headed up to the Rocky Mountain National Park for a hike. The one we had chosen was up to Bridal Veil Falls. It was a total of 6.4 miles (3.2 miles each way). We arrived at around 9:30 which we felt was fairly early. It turns out we almost didn't have a place to park. Granted, there weren't a lot of parking spots to begin with. We were able to squeeze our little car into a spot with barely any room to spare. We pulled our hiking gear out of the car and prepared for our hike.
Before we could begin, we had to use the restroom of course. We make Campbell use the restroom before any hike, because she hasn't mastered peeing in the woods yet. The parking attendant (I'm not sure what he was so we'll call him the parking attendant) told us that they restrooms were at the beginning of the trail. After searching for almost 30 minutes, we finall found the restrooms about a quarter mile down the trail past the cabins. Everyone tinkled and got slathered in sunscreen and we were off.
Most of the trail was not difficult. It had a slight uphil grade but was not too bad. The last 1/2 mile or so of the trail was up rocks and became a bit more difficult. We tuffed it out though, and it was definitely worth it. We reached the top and had our lunch at the bottom of the fall. The kids got to splash and play in the water. We spent a good amount of time there just playing. As we were getting ready to go, Campbell, while trying to put her socks and shoes back on, dropped a sock in the water. Of course, the water was rushing so there was no catching that sock. It's a good thing we all keep an extra pair of socks in the hiking bag in case our socks get wet!
The hike back went much quicker. The lunch seemed to give us all more energy and the slight grade was now downhill. We got back to the car, loaded up and headed home. The only real wildlife we saw was the elk at the edge of town. We decided that we wouldn't go all the way to the Interstate. Surely, 287 would be quicker than the interstate. Note: the Denver "area" is very expansive!
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