We finally turned east. After seeing the Grand Tetons, we headed out in snow toward Laramie, WY. We were in snow for several hours. Somewhere in WY, these really cool windmills caught our attention. They were just so cool.
After a night in Laramie, we headed toward Rocky Mountain National Park. It was about 60 miles northeast of Denver. We stayed in a quaint little town, Estes Park. It reminded us of Gatlinburg.
There was even more snow here in these mountains. One of the "must see" things that we heard about was the Trail Ridge Road. The man at the visitor center told us that the road had just been cleared and opened for 2 days.
Here is the snow wall on Trail Ridge Road.
Snow graffiti
This snowman was here waiting for us to take a picture with him. It was so warm when we walked out of the camper earlier that morning. The elevation here was about 10,000 feet.
SMILE!!! This elk made his way through our campground munching on the bushes.
After 2 nights in Estes Park, we hit the interstate hard. Kansas was boring. My goodness, there was nothing to see. We made it most of the way across the state and the next morning headed to Schlitterbahn in Kansas City. We had a ball. The park is just building the attractions but there was still plenty to keep us busy. Here is Karis completely enjoying her BBQ wings. She loves her food.
Riding the Rapids!!!
After the water park, we headed as far across Missouri as we could. We pulled into a Walmart around midnight. We were all pretty tired, headed straight to the camper and crashed. The next morning we realized that we had parked directly in front of this sign. OOPS.
It was Tuesday morning. We were about 60 miles from St. Louis. We were homeward bound, the last leg. Bittersweet. It's always good to get home.
We had the trip of a lifetime. It was the best trip I have ever taken.
I am thankful that we were able to go and experience parts of the western United States.
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