Fall Colors and Elk at Rocky Mountain National Park

This year Andy and I decided to enjoy the fall colors of the mountains a little closer to home so we spent 3 nights in Estes Park.  While it is just an hour from our house, it is in many respects, a world away.  Hoards of tourists,  candy and T-shirt shops and traffic jams crowd the town itself but drive up into the park a couple of miles, all before 9am, and you've got a wilderness all to yourself.  The weather couldn't have been more perfect and we saw so many neat animals and views.  The elk were in rut and the trees were at their peak, too!  Below are some of our favorite pictures from the trip.
Click on an image below to see them as a slide show and read descriptions.

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